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Fiduciary

//fɪˈdjuːʃ.i.əɹ.i// adj, noun

Definitions

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
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.

Etymology

Etymology 1

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

Etymology 2

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

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