Fiduciary

//fɪˈdjuːʃ.i.əɹ.i// adj, noun

adj, noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    One who holds a thing in trust for another.

    "“We focus on sustainability not because we’re environmentalists, but because we are capitalists and fiduciaries to our clients,” Mr. Fink wrote."

  2. 2
    a person who holds assets in trust for a beneficiary wordnet
  3. 3
    One who depends for salvation on faith, without works; an antinomian.
Adjective
  1. 1
    Relating to an entity that owes to another good faith, accountability and trust, often in the context of trusts and trustees. not-comparable

    "a fiduciary contract"

  2. 2
    Pertaining to paper money whose value depends on public confidence or securities. not-comparable

    "Indeed, currency would be more effective for not being gold and silver but fiduciary paper money."

  3. 3
    Accepted as a trusted reference such as a point, value, or marker; fiducial. nonstandard, not-comparable
Adjective
  1. 1
    relating to or of the nature of a legal trust (i.e. the holding of something in trust for another) wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
trusteebelievablecolorableconceivableconvictionalcredible

Example

More examples

"Indeed, currency would be more effective for not being gold and silver but fiduciary paper money."

Etymology

From Latin fīdūciārius (“held in trust”), from fīdūcia (“trust”).

Related phrases

fiduciary dutypersonal fiduciarypaper money

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