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 Definitions of fiduciary  [ɪˈdu ʃiˌɛr i, -ˈdyu-]  

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Definition of 'fiduciary' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) fiduciary
Law. a person to whom property or power is entrusted for the benefit of another.

2. (adj.) fiduciary
Law. of or pertaining to the relation between a fiduciary and his or her principal.

3.  fiduciary
of, based on, or in the nature of trust:
fiduciary obligations of governments.

4.  fiduciary
depending on public confidence for value or currency, as fiat money.

Etymology:  (1585–95; < L fīdūciārius held in trust =fīdūci(a) trust +-ārius -ary)

Definition of 'fiduciary' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (adj) fiduciary
a person who holds assets in trust for a beneficiary
"it is illegal for a fiduciary to misappropriate money for personal gain"

2. (adj) fiduciary, fiducial
relating to or of the nature of a legal trust (i.e. the holding of something in trust for another)
"a fiduciary contract"; "in a fiduciary capacity"; "fiducial power"


Definition of 'fiduciary' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) fiduciary
one who holds a thing in trust for another; a trustee

2. (noun) fiduciary
one who depends for salvation on faith, without works; an Antinomian



'fiduciary' - Nearby Entries  

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