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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

TRUST, n.
1. Confidence; a reliance or resting of the mind on the integrity, veracity, justice, friendship or other sound principle of another person.
He that putteth his trust in the Lord shall be safe. Proverbs 29.
2. He or that which is the ground of confidence.
O Lord God, thou art my trust from my youth. Psalms 71.
3. Charge received in confidence.
Reward them well, if they observe their trust.
4. That which is committed to one's care. Never violate a sacred trust.
5. Confident opinion of any event.
His trust was with th' Eternal to be deem'd
Equal in strength.
6. Credit given without examination; as, to take opinions on trust.
7. Credit on promise of payment, actual or implied; as, to take or purchase goods on trust.
8. Something committed to a person's care for use or management, and for which an account must be rendered. Every man's talents and advantages are a trust committed to him by his Maker, and for the use or employment of which he is accountable.
9. Confidence; special reliance on supposed honesty.
10. State of him to whom something is entrusted.
I serve him truly, that will put me in trust.
11. Care; management. 1 Timothy 6.
12. In law, an estate, devised or granted in confidence that the devisee or grantee shall convey it, or dispose of the profits, at the will of another; an estate held for the use of another.
TRUST, v.t. To place confidence in; to rely on. We cannot trust those who have deceived us.
He that trusts every one without reserve, will at last be deceived.
1. To believe; to credit.
Trust me, you look well.
2. To commit to the care of, in confidence. Trust your Maker with yourself and all your concerns.
3. To venture confidently.
Fool'd by thee, to trust thee from my side.
4. To give credit to; to sell to upon credit, or in confidence of future payment. The merchants and manufacturers trust their customers annually with goods to the value of millions.
It is happier to be sometimes cheated, than not to trust.
TRUST, v.i. To be confident of something present or future.
I trust to come to you, and speak face to face. 2 John 12.
We trust we have a good conscience. Hebrews 13.
1. To be credulous; to be won to confidence.
Well, you may fear too far--
Safer than trust too far.
To trust in, to confide in; to place confidence in; to rely on; a use frequent in the Scriptures.
Trust in the Lord, and do good. Psalms 37.
They shall be greatly ashamed that trust in graven images. Isaiah 42.
To trust to, to depend on; to have confidence in; to rely on.
The men of Israel--trusted to the liars in wait. Judges 20.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: 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"
2: certainty based on past experience; "he wrote the paper with considerable reliance on the work of other scientists"; "he put more trust in his own two legs than in the gun" [syn: reliance, trust]
3: the trait of believing in the honesty and reliability of others; "the experience destroyed his trust and personal dignity" [syn: trust, trustingness, trustfulness] [ant: distrust, distrustfulness, mistrust]
4: 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" [syn: trust, corporate trust, combine, cartel]
5: complete confidence in a person or plan etc; "he cherished the faith of a good woman"; "the doctor-patient relationship is based on trust" [syn: faith, trust]
6: a trustful relationship; "he took me into his confidence"; "he betrayed their trust" [syn: confidence, trust] v
1: have confidence or faith in; "We can trust in God"; "Rely on your friends"; "bank on your good education"; "I swear by my grandmother's recipes" [syn: trust, swear, rely, bank] [ant: distrust, mistrust, suspect]
2: allow without fear
3: be confident about something; "I believe that he will come back from the war" [syn: believe, trust]
4: expect and wish; "I trust you will behave better from now on"; "I hope she understands that she cannot expect a raise" [syn: hope, trust, desire]
5: confer a trust upon; "The messenger was entrusted with the general's secret"; "I commit my soul to God" [syn: entrust, intrust, trust, confide, commit]
6: extend credit to; "don't trust my ex-wife; I won't pay her debts anymore"

Merriam Webster's

I. noun Etymology: Middle English, probably of Scandinavian origin; akin to Old Norse traust trust; akin to Old English tr?owe faithful — more at true Date: 13th century 1. a. assured reliance on the character, ability, strength, or truth of someone or something b. one in which confidence is placed 2. a. dependence on something future or contingent ; hope b. reliance on future payment for property (as merchandise) delivered ; credit <bought furniture on trust> 3. a. a property interest held by one person for the benefit of another b. a combination of firms or corporations formed by a legal agreement; especially one that reduces or threatens to reduce competition 4. archaic trustworthiness 5. a. (1) a charge or duty imposed in faith or confidence or as a condition of some relationship (2) something committed or entrusted to one to be used or cared for in the interest of another b. responsible charge or office c. care, custody <the child committed to her trust> II. verb Date: 13th century intransitive verb 1. a. to place confidence ; depend <trust in God> <trust to luck> b. to be confident ; hope 2. to sell or deliver on credit transitive verb 1. a. to commit or place in one's care or keeping ; entrust b. to permit to stay or go or to do something without fear or misgiving 2. a. to rely on the truthfulness or accuracy of ; believe <trust a rumor> b. to place confidence in ; rely on <a friend you can trust> c. to hope or expect confidently <trusts that the problem will be resolved soon> 3. to extend credit to • trustability noun • trustable adjective • truster noun • trustingly adverb • trustingness noun

Britannica Concise

In law, a relationship between parties in which one, the trustee or fiduciary, has the power to manage property, and the other, the beneficiary, has the privilege of receiving the benefits from that property. Trusts are used in a variety of contexts, most notably in family settlements and in charitable gifts. The traditional requirements of a trust are a named beneficiary and trustee, an identified property (constituting the principal of the trust), and delivery of the property to the trustee with the intent to create a trust. Trusts are often created for the sake of advantageous tax treatment (incl. exemption). A charitable trust, unlike most trusts, does not require definite beneficiaries and may exist in perpetuity. See also trust company.

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. & v. --n. 1 a a firm belief in the reliability or truth or strength etc. of a person or thing. b the state of being relied on. 2 a confident expectation. 3 a a thing or person committed to one's care. b the resulting obligation or responsibility (am in a position of trust; have fulfilled my trust). 4 a person or thing confided in (is our sole trust). 5 reliance on the truth of a statement etc. without examination. 6 commercial credit (obtained goods on trust). 7 Law a confidence placed in a person by making that person the nominal owner of property to be used for another's benefit. b the right of the latter to benefit by such property. c the property so held. d the legal relation between the holder and the property so held. 8 a a body of trustees. b an organization managed by trustees. c an organized association of several companies for the purpose of reducing or defeating competition etc., esp. one in which all or most of the stock is transferred to a central committee and shareholders lose their voting power although remaining entitled to profits. --v. 1 tr. place trust in; believe in; rely on the character or behaviour of. 2 tr. (foll. by with) allow (a person) to have or use (a thing) from confidence in its proper use (was reluctant to trust them with my books). 3 tr. (often foll. by that + clause) have faith or confidence or hope that a thing will take place (I trust you will not be late; I trust that she is recovering). 4 tr. (foll. by to) consign (a thing) to (a person) with trust. 5 tr. (foll. by for) allow credit to (a customer) for (goods). 6 intr. (foll. by in) place reliance in (we trust in you). 7 intr. (foll. by to) place (esp. undue) reliance on (shall have to trust to luck). Phrases and idioms: in trust Law held on the basis of trust (see sense 7 of n.). on trust 1 on credit. 2 on the basis of trust or confidence. take on trust accept (an assertion, claim, etc.) without evidence or investigation. trust company a company formed to act as a trustee or to deal with trusts. trust fund a fund of money etc. held in trust. trust territory a territory under the trusteeship of the United Nations or of a State designated by them. Derivatives: trustable adj. truster n. Etymology: ME troste, truste (n.) f. ON traust f. traustr strong: (v.) f. ON treysta, assim. to the noun

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Trust Trust, n. 1. An equitable right or interest in property distinct from the legal ownership thereof; a use (as it existed before the Statute of Uses); also, a property interest held by one person for the benefit of another. Trusts are active, or special, express, implied, constructive, etc. In a passive trust the trustee simply has title to the trust property, while its control and management are in the beneficiary. 2. A business organization or combination consisting of a number of firms or corporations operating, and often united, under an agreement creating a trust (in sense 1), esp. one formed mainly for the purpose of regulating the supply and price of commodities, etc.; often, opprobriously, a combination formed for the purpose of controlling or monopolizing a trade, industry, or business, by doing acts in restraint or trade; as, a sugar trust. A trust may take the form of a corporation or of a body of persons or corporations acting together by mutual arrangement, as under a contract or a so-called gentlemen's agreement. When it consists of corporations it may be effected by putting a majority of their stock either in the hands of a board of trustees (whence the name trust for the combination) or by transferring a majority to a holding company. The advantages of a trust are partly due to the economies made possible in carrying on a large business, as well as the doing away with competition. In the United States severe statutes against trusts have been passed by the Federal government and in many States, with elaborate statutory definitions.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Trust Trust, n. [OE. trust, trost, Icel. traust confidence, security; akin to Dan. & Sw. tr["o]st comfort, consolation, G. trost, Goth. trausti a convention, covenant, and E. true. See True, and cf. Tryst.] 1. Assured resting of the mind on the integrity, veracity, justice, friendship, or other sound principle, of another person; confidence; reliance; reliance. ``O ever-failing trust in mortal strength!'' --Milton. Most take things upon trust. --Locke. 2. Credit given; especially, delivery of property or merchandise in reliance upon future payment; exchange without immediate receipt of an equivalent; as, to sell or buy goods on trust. 3. Assured anticipation; dependence upon something future or contingent, as if present or actual; hope; belief. ``Such trust have we through Christ.'' --2 Cor. iii. 4. His trust was with the Eternal to be deemed Equal in strength. --Milton. 4. That which is committed or intrusted to one; something received in confidence; charge; deposit. 5. The condition or obligation of one to whom anything is confided; responsible charge or office. [I] serve him truly that will put me in trust. --Shak. Reward them well, if they observe their trust. --Denham. 6. That upon which confidence is reposed; ground of reliance; hope. O Lord God, thou art my trust from my youth. --Ps. lxxi. 5. 7. (Law) An estate devised or granted in confidence that the devisee or grantee shall convey it, or dispose of the profits, at the will, or for the benefit, of another; an estate held for the use of another; a confidence respecting property reposed in one person, who is termed the trustee, for the benefit of another, who is called the cestui que trust. 8. An organization formed mainly for the purpose of regulating the supply and price of commodities, etc.; as, a sugar trust. [Cant] Syn: Confidence; belief; faith; hope; expectation. Trust deed (Law), a deed conveying property to a trustee, for some specific use.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Trust Trust, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Trusted; p. pr. & vb. n. Trusting.] [OE. trusten, trosten. See Trust, n.] 1. To place confidence in; to rely on, to confide, or repose faith, in; as, we can not trust those who have deceived us. I will never trust his word after. --Shak. He that trusts every one without reserve will at last be deceived. --Johnson. 2. To give credence to; to believe; to credit. Trust me, you look well. --Shak. 3. To hope confidently; to believe; -- usually with a phrase or infinitive clause as the object. I trust to come unto you, and speak face to face. --2 John 12. We trustwe have a good conscience. --Heb. xiii. 18. 4. to show confidence in a person by intrusting (him) with something. Whom, with your power and fortune, sir, you trust, Now to suspect is vain. --Dryden. 5. To commit, as to one's care; to intrust. Merchants were not willing to trust precious cargoes to any custody but that of a man-of-war. --Macaulay. 6. To give credit to; to sell to upon credit, or in confidence of future payment; as, merchants and manufacturers trust their customers annually with goods. 7. To risk; to venture confidently. [Beguiled] by thee to trust thee from my side. --Milton.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Trust Trust, v. i. 1. To have trust; to be credulous; to be won to confidence; to confide. More to know could not be more to trust. --Shak. 2. To be confident, as of something future; to hope. I will trust and not be afraid. --Isa. xii. 2. 3. To sell or deliver anything in reliance upon a promise of payment; to give credit. It is happier sometimes to be cheated than not to trust. --Johnson. To trust in, To trust on, to place confidence in,; to rely on; to depend. ``Trust in the Lord, and do good.'' --Ps. xxxvii. 3. ``A priest . . . on whom we trust.'' --Chaucer. Her widening streets on new foundations trust. --Dryden. To trust to or unto, to depend on; to have confidence in; to rely on. They trusted unto the liers in wait. --Judges xx. 36.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Trust Trust, a. Held in trust; as, trust property; trustmoney.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(trusts, trusting, trusted) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. If you trust someone, you believe that they are honest and sincere and will not deliberately do anything to harm you. 'I trust you completely,' he said... He did argue in a general way that the president can't be trusted. VERB: V n, V n • trusted After speaking to a group of her most trusted advisers, she turned her anger into action. ADJ: ADJ n 2. Your trust in someone is your belief that they are honest and sincere and will not deliberately do anything to harm you. He destroyed me and my trust in men... You've betrayed their trust... There's a feeling of warmth and trust here. N-UNCOUNT: oft poss N in n 3. If you trust someone to do something, you believe that they will do it. That's why I must trust you to keep this secret... VERB: V n to-inf 4. If you trust someone with something important or valuable, you allow them to look after it or deal with it. This could make your superiors hesitate to trust you with major responsibilities... I'd trust him with my life. VERB: V n with n, V n with n • Trust is also a noun. She was organizing and running a large household, a position of trust which was generously paid... N-UNCOUNT: also a N 5. If you do not trust something, you feel that it is not safe or reliable. She nodded, not trusting her own voice... For one thing, he didn't trust his legs to hold him up... I still can't trust myself to remain composed in their presence. VERB: V n, V n to-inf, V pron-refl to-inf 6. If you trust someone's judgment or advice, you believe that it is good or right. I blame myself and will never be able to trust my instinct again. VERB: V n 7. If you say you trust that something is true, you mean you hope and expect that it is true. (FORMAL) I trust you will take the earliest opportunity to make a full apology... VERB: V that 8. If you trust in someone or something, you believe strongly in them, and do not doubt their powers or their good intentions. (FORMAL) He was a pastor who trusted in the Lord who lived to preach. VERB: V in n 9. A trust is a financial arrangement in which a group of people or an organization keeps and invests money for someone. The money will be put in trust until she is 18. N-COUNT: also in N 10. A trust is a group of people or an organization that has control of an amount of money or property and invests it on behalf of other people or as a charity. He had set up two charitable trusts... N-COUNT: supp N, oft in names 11. In Britain, a trust or a trust hospital is a public hospital that receives its funding directly from the national government. It has its own board of governors and is not controlled by the local health authority. N-COUNT: supp N, N n 12. see also trusting, unit trust 13. If something valuable is kept in trust, it is held and protected by a group of people or an organization on behalf of other people. The British Library holds its collection in trust for the nation... PHRASE: PHR after v, v-link PHR, oft PHR for n 14. If you take something on trust after having heard or read it, you believe it completely without checking it. He was adamant that the allegations were untrue, so I took him on trust. PHRASE: V inflects 15. tried and trusted: see tried

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

I. n. 1. Confidence, reliance, faith, belief, credence. 2. Credit, tick. 3. Charge, deposit. 4. Commission, errand, duty, charge. 5. Faith, hope, expectation, belief, assured anticipation, confidence, assurance. 6. Ground of reliance. II. v. a. 1. Rely on, depend upon, confide in, put confidence in, trust to, place reliance on. 2. Give credit to, sell to on credit. 3. Believe, give credence to, credit. 4. Intrust, commit. III. v. n. 1. Expect, hope, be confident, feel sure. 2. Be confiding, be credulous, be won to confidence. IV. a. Held in trust.

Foolish Dictionary

A small body of capital entirely surrounded by water.

Moby Thesaurus

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