trust

1 firm belief in the integrity, ability, effectiveness, or genuineness of someone or something a relationship of mutual trust between lawyer and client Synonyms confidence, credence, faith, stock Related Words acceptance, assurance, assuredness, certainty, certitude, conviction, positiveness, sureness, surety; credit, dependence (also dependance), hope, reliance Near Antonyms disbelief, incredulity, unbelief; distrustfulness, doubt, dubiety, dubiousness, incertitude, misdoubt, misgiving, mistrustfulness, nonconfidence, skepticism, suspicion, uncertainness, uncertainty; disenchantment, disillusion, disillusionment Antonyms distrust, mistrust

2 a number of businesses or enterprises united for commercial advantage government lawyers argued against allowing the telephone companies to merge, asserting that such a merger would result in a trust that would stifle competition Synonyms combination, combine, syndicate, cartelRelated Words chain, conglomerate, megacorporation, multinational; association, guild (also gild), organization, partnership, pool, union; big business

3 responsibility for the safety and well-being of someone or something left her cat in the trust of her neighbors while she was on vacation Synonyms care, custodianship, guardianship, keeping, safekeeping, custody, wardRelated Words control, governorship, hand(s), management, superintendence, supervision

4 the right to take possession of goods before paying for them as his inner-city customers are chronically short on money, the neighborhood grocer frequently has to sell on trust Synonyms creditRelated Words installment plan, layaway; charge account, credit line