trust
NOUN:
1. reliance on the integrity, strength, ability, surety, etc., of a person or thing; confidence.
2. confident expectation of something; hope.
3. confidence in the certainty of future payment for property or goods received; credit:
to sell merchandise on trust.
4. a person on whom or thing on which one relies:
God is my trust.
5. the condition of one to whom something has been entrusted.
6. the obligation or responsibility imposed on a person in whom confidence or authority is placed:
a position of trust.
7. charge, custody, or care:
to leave valuables in someone's trust.
8. something committed or entrusted to one's care for use or safekeeping, as an office, duty, or the like; responsibility; charge.
9. reliance on and confidence in the truth, worth, reliability, etc, of a person or thing; faith. (Related adjective: fiducial.)
10. a group of commercial enterprises combined to monopolize and control the market for any commodity: illegal in the US.
11. the obligation of someone in a responsible position:
a position of trust.
12. custody, charge, or care:
a child placed in my trust.
13. a person or thing in which confidence or faith is placed.
14. commercial credit.
15. an arrangement whereby a person to whom the legal title to property is conveyed (the trustee) holds such property for the benefit of those entitled to the beneficial interest.
16. property that is the subject of such an arrangement.
17. the confidence put in the trustee. (Related adjective: fiduciary.)
18. See trust company, trust account.
19. A combination of firms or corporations for the purpose of reducing competition and controlling prices throughout a business or industry. Trusts are generally prohibited or restricted by antitrust legislation. (Compare monopoly.)
20. assured reliance on the character, ability, strength, or truth of someone or something.
21. one in which confidence is placed.
22. dependence on something future or contingent; hope.
23. reliance on future payment for property (such as merchandise) delivered; credit:
bought furniture on trust.
24. a property interest held by one person for the benefit of another.
25. a combination of firms or corporations formed by a legal agreement—especially one that reduces or threatens to reduce competition.
26. care, custody:
the child committed to her trust.
27. a charge or duty imposed in faith or confidence or as a condition of some relationship.
28. something committed or entrusted to one to be used or cared for in the interest of another.
29. responsible charge or office.
in law:
1. a fiduciary relationship in which one person (the trustee) holds the title to property (the trust estate or trust property) for the benefit of another (the beneficiary).
2. the property or funds so held.
in commerce:
1. an illegal combination of industrial or commercial companies in which the stock of the constituent companies is controlled by a central board of trustees, a group of people who have assumed the authority to supervise the affairs of the constituent companies, thus making it possible to manage the companies so as to minimize production costs, control prices, eliminate competition, etc.
2. any large industrial or commercial corporation or combination having a monopolistic or semimonopolistic control over the production of some commodity or service.
in the British National Health Service:
a self-governing hospital, group of hospitals, or other body providing health-care services, which operates as an independent commercial unit within the NHS.
archaic:
1. reliability.
2. trustworthiness.
Origin:
1175–1225; (noun) Middle English < Old Norse traust trust (cognate with German Trost comfort); (v.) Middle English trusten < Old Norse treysta, derivative of traust. C13: from Old Norse traust; related to Old High German trost solace. —Dictionary.com. //
First Known Use of trust: Noun: 13th century. Verb: 13th century. History and Etymology for trust: Noun and Verb: Middle English, probably of Scandinavian origin; akin to Old Norse traust trust; akin to Old English trēowe faithful — more at true entry 1. —Merriam-Webster.
Sources: 1, 2.
1. reliance on the integrity, strength, ability, surety, etc., of a person or thing; confidence.
2. confident expectation of something; hope.
3. confidence in the certainty of future payment for property or goods received; credit:
to sell merchandise on trust.
4. a person on whom or thing on which one relies:
God is my trust.
5. the condition of one to whom something has been entrusted.
6. the obligation or responsibility imposed on a person in whom confidence or authority is placed:
a position of trust.
7. charge, custody, or care:
to leave valuables in someone's trust.
8. something committed or entrusted to one's care for use or safekeeping, as an office, duty, or the like; responsibility; charge.
9. reliance on and confidence in the truth, worth, reliability, etc, of a person or thing; faith. (Related adjective: fiducial.)
10. a group of commercial enterprises combined to monopolize and control the market for any commodity: illegal in the US.
11. the obligation of someone in a responsible position:
a position of trust.
12. custody, charge, or care:
a child placed in my trust.
13. a person or thing in which confidence or faith is placed.
14. commercial credit.
15. an arrangement whereby a person to whom the legal title to property is conveyed (the trustee) holds such property for the benefit of those entitled to the beneficial interest.
16. property that is the subject of such an arrangement.
17. the confidence put in the trustee. (Related adjective: fiduciary.)
18. See trust company, trust account.
19. A combination of firms or corporations for the purpose of reducing competition and controlling prices throughout a business or industry. Trusts are generally prohibited or restricted by antitrust legislation. (Compare monopoly.)
20. assured reliance on the character, ability, strength, or truth of someone or something.
21. one in which confidence is placed.
22. dependence on something future or contingent; hope.
23. reliance on future payment for property (such as merchandise) delivered; credit:
bought furniture on trust.
24. a property interest held by one person for the benefit of another.
25. a combination of firms or corporations formed by a legal agreement—especially one that reduces or threatens to reduce competition.
26. care, custody:
the child committed to her trust.
27. a charge or duty imposed in faith or confidence or as a condition of some relationship.
28. something committed or entrusted to one to be used or cared for in the interest of another.
29. responsible charge or office.
in law:
1. a fiduciary relationship in which one person (the trustee) holds the title to property (the trust estate or trust property) for the benefit of another (the beneficiary).
2. the property or funds so held.
in commerce:
1. an illegal combination of industrial or commercial companies in which the stock of the constituent companies is controlled by a central board of trustees, a group of people who have assumed the authority to supervise the affairs of the constituent companies, thus making it possible to manage the companies so as to minimize production costs, control prices, eliminate competition, etc.
2. any large industrial or commercial corporation or combination having a monopolistic or semimonopolistic control over the production of some commodity or service.
in the British National Health Service:
a self-governing hospital, group of hospitals, or other body providing health-care services, which operates as an independent commercial unit within the NHS.
archaic:
1. reliability.
2. trustworthiness.
Origin:
1175–1225; (noun) Middle English < Old Norse traust trust (cognate with German Trost comfort); (v.) Middle English trusten < Old Norse treysta, derivative of traust. C13: from Old Norse traust; related to Old High German trost solace. —Dictionary.com. //
First Known Use of trust: Noun: 13th century. Verb: 13th century. History and Etymology for trust: Noun and Verb: Middle English, probably of Scandinavian origin; akin to Old Norse traust trust; akin to Old English trēowe faithful — more at true entry 1. —Merriam-Webster.
Sources: 1, 2.