Definitions for: Trust


[n] the trait of trusting; of believing in the honesty and reliability of others; "the experience destroyed his trust and personal dignity"
[n] 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"
[n] complete confidence in a person or plan etc; "he cherished the faith of a good woman"; "the doctor-patient relationship is based on trust"
[n] a consortium of companies formed to limit competition; "they set up the trust in the hope of gaining a monopoly"
[n] 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"
[n] a trustful relationship; "he took me into his confidence"; "he betrayed their trust"
[v] 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"
[v] be confident about something; "I believe that he will come back from the war"
[v] expect with desire; "I trust you will behave better from now on"; "I hope she understands that she cannot expect a raise"
[v] extend credit to
[v] To confer a trust upon; "The messenger was entrusted with the general's secret"; "I commit my soul to God"
[v] allow without fear



Webster (1913) Definition: Trust, n.
1. An equitable right or interest in property distinct from
the legal ownership thereof; a use (as it existed before
the Statute of Uses); also, a property interest held by
one person for the benefit of another. Trusts are active,
or special, express, implied, constructive, etc. In a

passive trust the trustee simply has title to the trust
property, while its control and management are in the
beneficiary.

2. A business organization or combination consisting of a
number of firms or corporations operating, and often
united, under an agreement creating a trust (in sense 1),
esp. one formed mainly for the purpose of regulating the
supply and price of commodities, etc.; often,
opprobriously, a combination formed for the purpose of
controlling or monopolizing a trade, industry, or
business, by doing acts in restraint or trade; as, a sugar
trust. A trust may take the form of a corporation or of a
body of persons or corporations acting together by mutual
arrangement, as under a contract or a so-called
gentlemen's agreement. When it consists of corporations it
may be effected by putting a majority of their stock
either in the hands of a board of trustees (whence the
name trust for the combination) or by transferring a
majority to a holding company. The advantages of a trust
are partly due to the economies made possible in carrying
on a large business, as well as the doing away with
competition. In the United States severe statutes against
trusts have been passed by the Federal government and in
many States, with elaborate statutory definitions.


Trust, n. [OE. trust, trost, Icel. traust confidence,
security; akin to Dan. & Sw. tr["o]st comfort, consolation,
G. trost, Goth. trausti a convention, covenant, and E. true.
See True, and cf. Tryst.]
1. Assured resting of the mind on the integrity, veracity,
justice, friendship, or other sound principle, of another
person; confidence; reliance; reliance. ``O ever-failing
trust in mortal strength!'' --Milton.

Most take things upon trust. --Locke.

2. 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.

3. Assured anticipation; dependence upon something future or
contingent, as if present or actual; hope; belief. ``Such
trust have we through Christ.'' --2 Cor. iii. 4.

His trust was with the Eternal to be deemed Equal in
strength. --Milton.

4. That which is committed or intrusted to one; something
received in confidence; charge; deposit.

5. The condition or obligation of one to whom anything is
confided; responsible charge or office.

[I] serve him truly that will put me in trust.
--Shak.

Reward them well, if they observe their trust.
--Denham.

6. That upon which confidence is reposed; ground of reliance;
hope.

O Lord God, thou art my trust from my youth. --Ps.
lxxi. 5.

7. (Law) 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.

8. An organization formed mainly for the purpose of
regulating the supply and price of commodities, etc.; as,
a sugar trust. [Cant]

Syn: Confidence; belief; faith; hope; expectation.

Trust deed (Law), a deed conveying property to a trustee,
for some specific use.


Trust, a.
Held in trust; as, trust property; trustmoney.


Trust, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Trusted; p. pr. & vb. n.
Trusting.] [OE. trusten, trosten. See Trust, n.]
1. To place confidence in; to rely on, to confide, or repose
faith, in; as, we can not trust those who have deceived
us.

I will never trust his word after. --Shak.

He that trusts every one without reserve will at
last be deceived. --Johnson.

2. To give credence to; to believe; to credit.

Trust me, you look well. --Shak.

3. To hope confidently; to believe; -- usually with a phrase
or infinitive clause as the object.

I trust to come unto you, and speak face to face.
--2 John 12.

We trustwe have a good conscience. --Heb. xiii.
18.

4. to show confidence in a person by intrusting (him) with
something.

Whom, with your power and fortune, sir, you trust,
Now to suspect is vain. --Dryden.

5. To commit, as to one's care; to intrust.

Merchants were not willing to trust precious cargoes
to any custody but that of a man-of-war. --Macaulay.

6. 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.

7. To risk; to venture confidently.

[Beguiled] by thee to trust thee from my side.
--Milton.


Trust, v. i.
1. To have trust; to be credulous; to be won to confidence;
to confide.

More to know could not be more to trust. --Shak.

2. To be confident, as of something future; to hope.

I will trust and not be afraid. --Isa. xii. 2.

3. To sell or deliver anything in reliance upon a promise of
payment; to give credit.

It is happier sometimes to be cheated than not to
trust. --Johnson.

To trust in, To trust on, to place confidence in,; to
rely on; to depend. ``Trust in the Lord, and do good.''
--Ps. xxxvii. 3. ``A priest . . . on whom we trust.''
--Chaucer.

Her widening streets on new foundations trust.
--Dryden.


To trust to or unto, to depend on; to have confidence in;
to rely on.

They trusted unto the liers in wait. --Judges xx.
36.

Synonyms: bank, cartel, combine, commit, confide, confidence, corporate trust, desire, entrust, faith, hope, intrust, reliance, rely, swear, trustfulness, trustingness

Antonyms: distrust, distrust, distrustfulness, mistrust, mistrust, suspect

See Also: active trust, allow, anticipate, belief, believe, belongings, bet, calculate, certainty, charge, charitable trust, Clifford trust, commend, consign, consortium, count, countenance, credit, credulity, depend, direct trust, discretionary trust, expect, express trust, friendly relationship, friendship, give, grantor trust, hand, holding, implied trust, inter vivos trust, lean, let, living trust, look, material possession, obligate, pass, pass on, passive trust, permit, pool, property, public trust, reach, reckon, recommit, savings account trust, savings bank trust, sell, spendthrift trust, syndicate, testamentary trust, Totten trust, trait, trust account, trustee account, turn over, voting trust, wish

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