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Definitions of 'trust' Wordnet 

1. (noun) trust
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. (noun) reliance, trust
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"

3. (noun) trust, trustingness, trustfulness
the trait of believing in the honesty and reliability of others
"the experience destroyed his trust and personal dignity"

4. (noun) trust, corporate trust, combine, cartel
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"

5. (noun) faith, trust
complete confidence in a person or plan etc
"he cherished the faith of a good woman"; "the doctor-patient relationship is based on trust"

6. (verb) confidence, trust
a trustful relationship
"he took me into his confidence"; "he betrayed their trust"

7. (verb) trust, swear, rely, bank
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"

8. (verb) trust
allow without fear

9. (verb) believe, trust
be confident about something
"I believe that he will come back from the war"

10. (verb) hope, trust, desire
expect and wish
"I trust you will behave better from now on"; "I hope she understands that she cannot expect a raise"

11. (verb) entrust, intrust, trust, confide, commit
confer a trust upon
"The messenger was entrusted with the general's secret"; "I commit my soul to God"

12. (verb) trust
extend credit to
"don't trust my ex-wife; I won't pay her debts anymore"


Definitions of 'trust' Webster 1913 Dictionary 

1. (adj) trust
held in trust; as, trust property; trustmoney

2. (noun) trust
assured resting of the mind on the integrity, veracity, justice, friendship, or other sound principle, of another person; confidence; reliance; reliance

3. (noun) trust
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

4. (noun) trust
assured anticipation; dependence upon something future or contingent, as if present or actual; hope; belief

5. (noun) trust
that which is committed or intrusted to one; something received in confidence; charge; deposit

6. (noun) trust
the condition or obligation of one to whom anything is confided; responsible charge or office

7. (noun) trust
that upon which confidence is reposed; ground of reliance; hope

8. (noun) trust
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

9. (noun) trust
an organization formed mainly for the purpose of regulating the supply and price of commodities, etc.; as, a sugar trust

10. (noun) trust
to place confidence in; to rely on, to confide, or repose faith, in; as, we can not trust those who have deceived us

11. (noun) trust
to give credence to; to believe; to credit

12. (noun) trust
to hope confidently; to believe; -- usually with a phrase or infinitive clause as the object

13. (noun) trust
to show confidence in a person by intrusting (him) with something

14. (noun) trust
to commit, as to one's care; to intrust

15. (noun) trust
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

16. (noun) trust
to risk; to venture confidently

17. (verb) trust
to have trust; to be credulous; to be won to confidence; to confide

18. (verb) trust
to be confident, as of something future; to hope

19. (verb) trust
to sell or deliver anything in reliance upon a promise of payment; to give credit


Definitions of 'trust' U.S. National Library of Medicine 

1.  trust
Confidence in or reliance on a person or thing.


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