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trust

/tɹʌst/

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What does trust mean?

noun

  1. Confidence in or reliance on some person or quality.
  2. Dependence upon something in the future; hope.
  3. Confidence in the future payment for goods or services supplied; credit.
More meanings (23)

noun

  1. That which is committed or entrusted; something received in confidence; a charge.
  2. That upon which confidence is reposed; ground of reliance; hope.
  3. The condition or obligation of one to whom anything is confided; responsible charge or office.
  4. The confidence vested in a person who has legal ownership of a property to manage for the benefit of another.
  5. An arrangement whereby property or money is given to be held by a third party (a trustee), on the basis that it will be managed for the benefit of, or eventually transferred to, a stated beneficiary; for example, money to be given to a child when he or she reaches adulthood.
  6. A group of businessmen or traders organised for mutual benefit to produce and distribute specific commodities or services, and managed by a central body of trustees.
  7. Affirmation of the access rights of a user of a computer system.
  8. (rare) Trustworthiness, reliability.

verb

  1. To place confidence in, to rely on, to confide in.
  2. To have faith in; to rely on for continuing support or aid.
  3. To give credence to; to believe; to credit.
  4. To hope confidently; to believe (usually with a phrase or infinitive clause as the object)
  5. to show confidence in a person by entrusting them with something.
  6. To commit, as to one's care; to entrust.
  7. To give credit to; to sell to upon credit, or in confidence of future payment.
  8. To rely on (something), as though having trust (on it).
  9. To have trust; to be credulous; to be won to confidence; to confide.
  10. (archaic) To risk; to venture confidently.
  11. (archaic) To sell or deliver anything in reliance upon a promise of payment; to give credit.

interjection

  1. (slang) Ellipsis of trust me, often used sarcastically or self-mockingly.

adjective

  1. of or relating to a trust.
  2. (obsolete) Secure, safe.
  3. (obsolete) Faithful, dependable.
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IPA pronunciation

/tɹʌst/

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In the pages of books

See this word in context.

The man was trembling but I had to trust to what he had of courage and to what he had of honesty.
Anthony HopeThe prisoner of ZendaProject Gutenberg ebook #95
You have deceived our trust, And made us doff our easy robes of peace, To crush our old limbs in ungentle steel.
William ShakespeareThe Complete Works of William ShakespeareProject Gutenberg ebook #100
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Upon this trust she dared still to remain in his presence, after the company left them, and nothing occurred to disturb it.
Jane AustenNorthanger AbbeyProject Gutenberg ebook #121
“Well, wait till he is better, and trust to chance. And when you tell, you must only tell part—for his own sake.”
Thomas HardyThe Return of the NativeProject Gutenberg ebook #122
So there was nothing to be done but to trust it to the women, with Szedvilas, who promised to go with them.
Upton SinclairThe JungleProject Gutenberg ebook #140