Meaning of trust | Babel Free

Definitions

1. confidence, trust
2. Confidence in or reliance on some person or quality.
   countable, uncountable
3. Dependence upon something in the future; hope.
   countable, uncountable
4. Confidence in the future payment for goods or services supplied; credit.
   countable, uncountable
5. That which is committed or entrusted; something received in confidence; a charge.
   countable, uncountable
6. That upon which confidence is reposed; ground of reliance; hope.
   countable, uncountable
7. Trustworthiness, reliability.
   countable, rare, uncountable
8. The condition or obligation of one to whom anything is confided; responsible charge or office.
   countable, uncountable
9. The confidence vested in a person who has legal ownership of a property to manage for the benefit of another.
   countable, uncountable
10. 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. 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. Affirmation of the access rights of a user of a computer system.
    countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

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

“to lose trust in someone”

“build up trust”

“a relationship built on mutual trust”

“taking things upon trust.”

“O ever-failing trust / In mortal strength!”

“Such trust have we through Christ.”

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

“O Lord God, thou art my trust from my youth.”

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

“17th century, John Denham, Of Justice Reward them well, if they observe their trust.”

“I put the house into my sister's trust.”

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