Meaning of 'trust' (Webster Dictionary)
- Held in trust; as, trust property; trustmoney.
- Assured resting of the mind on the integrity, veracity,
justice, friendship, or other sound principle, of another person;
confidence; reliance; reliance.
- 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.
- Assured anticipation; dependence upon something future or
contingent, as if present or actual; hope; belief.
- That which is committed or intrusted to one; something
received in confidence; charge; deposit.
- The condition or obligation of one to whom anything is
confided; responsible charge or office.
- That upon which confidence is reposed; ground of reliance;
hope.
- 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.
- An organization formed mainly for the purpose of regulating
the supply and price of commodities, etc.; as, a sugar trust.
- To place confidence in; to rely on, to confide, or repose
faith, in; as, we can not trust those who have deceived us.
- 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 intrusting (him) with
something.
- To commit, as to one's care; to intrust.
- 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.
- To risk; to venture confidently.
- To have trust; to be credulous; to be won to confidence;
to confide.
- To be confident, as of something future; to hope.
- To sell or deliver anything in reliance upon a promise of
payment; to give credit.
Meaning of 'trust' (Princeton's WordNet)
Meaning (1):
- a trustful relationship
Example in sentence:- he betrayed their trust;
- he took me into his confidence
Meaning (2):
- complete confidence in a person or plan etc
Example in sentence:- he cherished the faith of a good woman;
- the doctor-patient relationship is based on trust
Meaning (3):
- something (as property) held by one party (the trustee) for the benefit of another (the beneficiary)
Example in sentence:- he is the beneficiary of a generous trust set up by his father
Meaning (4):
- certainty based on past experience
Example in sentence:- he put more trust in his own two legs than in the gun;
- he wrote the paper with considerable reliance on the work of other scientists
Meaning (5):
- the trait of believing in the honesty and reliability of others
Example in sentence:- the experience destroyed his trust and personal dignity
Meaning (6):
- a consortium of independent organizations formed to limit competition by controlling the production and distribution of a product or service
Example in sentence:- they set up the trust in the hope of gaining a monopoly
Meaning (7):
- (chiefly archaic) extend credit to
Example in sentence:- don't trust my ex-wife; I won't pay her debts anymore
Meaning (8):
- be confident about something
Example in sentence:- I believe that he will come back from the war
Meaning (9):
- confer a trust upon
Example in sentence:- I commit my soul to God;
- The messenger was entrusted with the general's secret
Meaning (10):
- expect and wish
Example in sentence:- I hope she understands that she cannot expect a raise;
- I trust you will behave better from now on
Meaning (11):
- have confidence or faith in
Example in sentence:- We can trust in our government
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