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Trust

//tɹʌst// adj, intj, noun, verb, slang

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Secure, safe. obsolete
  2. 2
    Faithful, dependable. obsolete
  3. 3
    of or relating to a trust.
Intj
  1. 1
    Ellipsis of trust me, often used sarcastically or self-mockingly. abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, slang

    "You'll get your money back bro, trust."

Noun
  1. 1
    Confidence in or reliance on some person or quality. countable, uncountable

    "He needs to regain her trust if he is ever going to win her back."

  2. 2
    the trait of believing in the honesty and reliability of others wordnet
  3. 3
    Dependence upon something in the future; hope. countable, uncountable

    "Such trust have we through Christ."

  4. 4
    certainty based on past experience wordnet
  5. 5
    Confidence in the future payment for goods or services supplied; credit. countable, uncountable

    "I was out of cash, but the landlady let me have it on trust."

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  1. 6
    complete confidence in a person or plan etc wordnet
  2. 7
    That which is committed or entrusted; something received in confidence; a charge. countable, uncountable
  3. 8
    a consortium of independent organizations formed to limit competition by controlling the production and distribution of a product or service wordnet
  4. 9
    That upon which confidence is reposed; ground of reliance; hope. countable, uncountable

    "O Lord God, thou art my trust from my youth."

  5. 10
    something (as property) held by one party (the trustee) for the benefit of another (the beneficiary) wordnet
  6. 11
    Trustworthiness, reliability. countable, rare, uncountable
  7. 12
    a trustful relationship wordnet
  8. 13
    The condition or obligation of one to whom anything is confided; responsible charge or office. countable, uncountable

    "I do profess to be no less than I seem; to serve him truly that will put me in trust"

  9. 14
    The confidence vested in a person who has legal ownership of a property to manage for the benefit of another. countable, uncountable

    "I put the house into my sister's trust."

  10. 15
    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. countable, uncountable
  11. 16
    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. countable, uncountable
  12. 17
    Affirmation of the access rights of a user of a computer system. countable, uncountable
Verb
  1. 1
    To place confidence in, to rely on, to confide in. transitive

    "We cannot trust anyone who deceives us."

  2. 2
    have confidence or faith in wordnet
  3. 3
    To have faith in; to rely on for continuing support or aid. intransitive

    "In God We Trust"

  4. 4
    be confident about something wordnet
  5. 5
    To give credence to; to believe; to credit. transitive

    "Trust me, you looke well."

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  1. 6
    expect and wish wordnet
  2. 7
    To hope confidently; to believe (usually with a phrase or infinitive clause as the object) transitive

    "I trust you have cleaned your room?"

  3. 8
    (chiefly archaic) extend credit to wordnet
  4. 9
    to show confidence in a person by entrusting them with something. transitive

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

  5. 10
    confer a trust upon wordnet
  6. 11
    To commit, as to one's care; to entrust. transitive

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

  7. 12
    allow without fear wordnet
  8. 13
    To give credit to; to sell to upon credit, or in confidence of future payment. transitive

    "Merchants and manufacturers trust their customers annually with goods."

  9. 14
    To rely on (something), as though having trust (on it). intransitive, with-to

    "to trust to luck"

  10. 15
    To risk; to venture confidently. archaic, transitive

    "[Beguiled] by thee to trust thee from my side."

  11. 16
    To have trust; to be credulous; to be won to confidence; to confide. intransitive

    "More ſhould I queſtion thee, and more I muſt, / Though more to know, could not be more to truſt: […]"

  12. 17
    To sell or deliver anything in reliance upon a promise of payment; to give credit. archaic, intransitive

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English trust, trost (“trust, protection”). Long considered a borrowing from Old Norse traust (“confidence, help, protection”), from Proto-Germanic *traustą, but the root vocalism is incompatible, so trust has come to be considered a reflex of an unattested Old English *trust, from a rare zero-grade Proto-Germanic variant of the same root also attested in Middle High German getrüste (“host”). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *deru- (“be firm, hard, solid”). Akin to Danish trøst (“comfort, solace”), Saterland Frisian Traast (“comfort, solace”), West Frisian treast (“comfort, solace”), Dutch troost (“comfort, consolation”), German Trost (“comfort, consolation”), Gothic trausti (“alliance, pact”). Doublet of tryst. More at true, tree.

Etymology 2

From Middle English trust, trost (“trust, protection”). Long considered a borrowing from Old Norse traust (“confidence, help, protection”), from Proto-Germanic *traustą, but the root vocalism is incompatible, so trust has come to be considered a reflex of an unattested Old English *trust, from a rare zero-grade Proto-Germanic variant of the same root also attested in Middle High German getrüste (“host”). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *deru- (“be firm, hard, solid”). Akin to Danish trøst (“comfort, solace”), Saterland Frisian Traast (“comfort, solace”), West Frisian treast (“comfort, solace”), Dutch troost (“comfort, consolation”), German Trost (“comfort, consolation”), Gothic trausti (“alliance, pact”). Doublet of tryst. More at true, tree.

Etymology 3

From Middle English trust, trost (“trust, protection”). Long considered a borrowing from Old Norse traust (“confidence, help, protection”), from Proto-Germanic *traustą, but the root vocalism is incompatible, so trust has come to be considered a reflex of an unattested Old English *trust, from a rare zero-grade Proto-Germanic variant of the same root also attested in Middle High German getrüste (“host”). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *deru- (“be firm, hard, solid”). Akin to Danish trøst (“comfort, solace”), Saterland Frisian Traast (“comfort, solace”), West Frisian treast (“comfort, solace”), Dutch troost (“comfort, consolation”), German Trost (“comfort, consolation”), Gothic trausti (“alliance, pact”). Doublet of tryst. More at true, tree.

Etymology 4

From Middle English trust, trost (“trust, protection”). Long considered a borrowing from Old Norse traust (“confidence, help, protection”), from Proto-Germanic *traustą, but the root vocalism is incompatible, so trust has come to be considered a reflex of an unattested Old English *trust, from a rare zero-grade Proto-Germanic variant of the same root also attested in Middle High German getrüste (“host”). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *deru- (“be firm, hard, solid”). Akin to Danish trøst (“comfort, solace”), Saterland Frisian Traast (“comfort, solace”), West Frisian treast (“comfort, solace”), Dutch troost (“comfort, consolation”), German Trost (“comfort, consolation”), Gothic trausti (“alliance, pact”). Doublet of tryst. More at true, tree.

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