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fiduciary - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'fiduciary' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Fiduciary [ n.]
- One who holds a thing in trust for another; a trustee.
- One who depends for salvation on faith, without works; an Antinomian.

Meaning of 'fiduciary' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . fiduciary [ n]
Meaning (1):
- a person who holds assets in trust for a beneficiary
Example in sentence:
  • it is illegal for a fiduciary to misappropriate money for personal gain
2 . fiduciary [ a]
Meaning (2):
- relating to or of the nature of a legal trust (i.e. the holding of something in trust for another)
Example in sentence:
  • a fiduciary contract;
  • fiducial power;
  • in a fiduciary capacity