trust

Plural: trusts

Noun

• something (as property) held by one party (the trustee) for the benefit of another (the beneficiary)
  • "he is the beneficiary of a generous trust set up by his father"
• certainty based on past experience
  • "he put more trust in his own two legs than in the gun"
• the trait of believing in the honesty and reliability of others
  • "the experience destroyed his trust and personal dignity"
• a consortium of independent organizations formed to limit competition by controlling the production and distribution of a product or service
  • "they set up the trust in the hope of gaining a monopoly"
• complete confidence in a person or plan etc
  • "the doctor-patient relationship is based on trust"
• a trustful relationship
  • "he betrayed their trust"
• Confidence in or reliance on some person or quality.
• Dependence upon something in the future; hope.
• Confidence in the future payment for goods or services supplied; credit.
• That which is committed or entrusted; something received in confidence; a charge.
• That upon which confidence is reposed; ground of reliance; hope.
• Trustworthiness, reliability.
• The condition or obligation of one to whom anything is confided; responsible charge or office.
• The confidence vested in a person who has legal ownership of a property to manage for the benefit of another.
• An arrangement whereby property or money is given to be held by a third party (a trustee), on the basis that it will be managed for the benefit of, or eventually transferred to, a stated beneficiary; for example, money to be given to a child when he or she reaches adulthood.
• A group of businessmen or traders organised for mutual benefit to produce and distribute specific commodities or services, and managed by a central body of trustees.
• Affirmation of the access rights of a user of a computer system.

Verb

Verb Forms: trusted, trusting, trusts

• To have confidence in; to believe in the reliability of.
• have confidence or faith in
  • "We can trust in God"
• allow without fear
• be confident about something
• expect and wish
  • "I trust you will behave better from now on"
• confer a trust upon
  • "The messenger was entrusted with the general's secret"
• extend credit to
  • "don't trust my ex-wife; I won't pay her debts anymore"
• To place confidence in, to rely on, to confide in.
• To have faith in; to rely on for continuing support or aid.
• To give credence to; to believe; to credit.
• To hope confidently; to believe (usually with a phrase or infinitive clause as the object)
• to show confidence in a person by entrusting them with something.
• To commit, as to one's care; to entrust.
• To give credit to; to sell to upon credit, or in confidence of future payment.
• To rely on (something), as though having trust (on it).
• To risk; to venture confidently.
• To have trust; to be credulous; to be won to confidence; to confide.
• To sell or deliver anything in reliance upon a promise of payment; to give credit.

Intj

• Ellipsis of trust me.

Adj

• Secure, safe.
• Faithful, dependable.
• of or relating to a trust.

Examples

• a relationship built on mutual trust
• build up trust
• Having lost the book, he had to trust to his memory for further details.
• He had to ’trust’ his instincts and play the unfamiliar word, hoping it was valid.
• He needs to regain her trust if he is ever going to win her back.
• I put the house into my sister's trust.
• I trust you have cleaned your room?
• I was out of cash, but the landlady let me have it on trust.
• In God We Trust
• Merchants and manufacturers trust their customers annually with goods.
• to lose trust in someone
• to trust to luck
• We cannot trust anyone who deceives us.
• You'll get your money back bro, trust.

Synonyms

bank, believe, cartel, combine, commit, confide, confidence, corporate trust, desire, entrust, faith, hope, intrust, reliance, rely, swear, trustfulness, trustingness, belief, expectation

Antonyms

distrust, mistrust, untrust, wantrust

Anagrams of trust