Trust Definition

trŭst

trusted, trusts

noun

trusts

Firm belief or confidence in the honesty, integrity, reliability, justice, etc. of another person or thing; faith; reliance.

Webster's New World

The person or thing trusted.

Webster's New World

The fact of having confidence placed in one.

Webster's New World

Responsibility or obligation resulting from this.

Webster's New World

Confident expectation, anticipation, or hope.

To have trust in the future.

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Synonyms:
corporate trust
combine
cartel
given as surety
in account with
in the keeping of
in the care of
bonded
held
deposited
in the custody of
on deposit
in escrow
combination
conglomerate

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verb

trusted, trusts

To believe in the honesty, integrity, justice, etc. of; have confidence in.

Webster's New World

To have trust or faith; place reliance; be confident.

Webster's New World

To have confidence in allowing (someone) to use, know, or look after something.

Can I trust you with a secret?

American Heritage

To give business credit.

Webster's New World

To put something confidently in the charge of.

To trust a lawyer with one's case.

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adjective

Relating to a trust or trusts.

Webster's New World

Held in trust.

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Managing for an owner; acting as trustee.

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(obsolete) Secure, safe.

Wiktionary

(obsolete) Faithful, dependable.

Wiktionary

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idiom

in trust

In the possession or care of a trustee.

American Heritage

in trust

in the condition of being entrusted to another's care

Webster's New World

trust to

to rely on

Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Trust

Noun

Singular:

trust

Plural:

trusts

Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Trust

in trust
in trust
trust to

Origin of Trust

Middle English truste (“trust, protection"), from Old Norse traust (“confidence, help, protection"), from Proto-Germanic *traustÄ…, from Proto-Indo-European *drowzdo-, from Proto-Indo-European *deru- (“be firm, hard, solid"). Akin to Danish trøst, tröst (“trust"), Old Frisian trāst (“trust"), Dutch troost (“comfort, consolation"), Old High German trōst (“trust, fidelity"), German Trost (“comfort, consolation"), Gothic trausti (trausti, “alliance, pact"). More at true, tree.

From Wiktionary
Middle English truste perhaps from Old Norse traust confidence deru- in Indo-European roots

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition