Definition of trusts Trusts
/tɹʌˈsts/ - [trusts] -
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What does trusts mean?
Wiktionary 
- trusts (Noun)
Plural of trust.
Part of speech
🔤WordNet
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| trust - 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" | ||
| belongings, holding, property any movable articles or objects used on the set of a play or movie; "before every scene he ran down his checklist of props" | ||
| active trust a trust in which the trustee must perform certain duties | ||
| blind trust a trust that enables a person to avoid possible conflict of interest by transferring assets to a fiduciary; the person establishing the trust gives up the right to information about the assets | ||
| passive trust a trust in which the trustee performs no active duties | ||
| charitable trust, public trust a trust created for charitable or religious or educational or scientific purposes | ||
| clifford trust, grantor trust a trust established to shift the income to someone who is taxed at a lower rate than the grantor for a period of 10 years or more | ||
| implied trust a trust inferred by operation of law | ||
| direct trust, express trust a trust created by the free and deliberate act of the parties involved (usually on the basis of written documentation) | ||
| discretionary trust a trust that gives the trustee discretion to pay the beneficiary as much of the trust income as the trustee believes appropriate | ||
| inter vivos trust, living trust a trust created and operating during the grantor's lifetime | ||
| spendthrift trust a trust created to maintain a beneficiary but to be secure against the beneficiary's improvidence | ||
| testamentary trust a trust that is created under a will and that becomes active after the grantor dies | ||
| savings account trust, savings bank trust, totten trust, trust account, trustee account a savings account deposited by someone who makes themselves the trustee for a beneficiary and who controls it during their lifetime; afterward the balance is payable to the previously named beneficiary | ||
| trust - the trait of believing in the honesty and reliability of others; "the experience destroyed his trust and personal dignity" | ||
| trustingness, trustfulness | ||
| distrustfulness, distrust, mistrust the trait of not trusting others | ||
| trait a distinguishing feature of your personal nature | ||
| trust - a consortium of independent organizations formed to limit competition by controlling the production and distribution of a product or service; "they set up the trust in the hope of gaining a monopoly" | ||
| corporate trust, combine, cartel | ||
| consortium, syndicate, pool an association of companies for some definite purpose | ||
| drug cartel an illicit cartel formed to control the production and distribution of narcotic drugs; "drug cartels sometimes finance terrorist organizations" | ||
| trust - a trustful relationship; "he took me into his confidence"; "he betrayed their trust" | ||
| confidence | ||
| friendly relationship, friendship the state of being friends (or friendly) | ||
| trust - 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" | ||
| reliance | ||
| certainty something that is certain; "his victory is a certainty" | ||
| trust - complete confidence in a person or plan etc; "he cherished the faith of a good woman"; "the doctor-patient relationship is based on trust" | ||
| faith | ||
| belief any cognitive content held as true | ||
Verb |
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| trust - 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" | ||
| swear, rely, bank | ||
| distrust, mistrust, suspect regard as untrustworthy; regard with suspicion; have no faith or confidence in | ||
| believe accept as true; take to be true; "I believed his report"; "We didn't believe his stories from the War"; "She believes in spirits" | ||
| credit have trust in; trust in the truth or veracity of | ||
| lean rely on for support; "We can lean on this man" | ||
| depend, bet, calculate, reckon, count, look be contingent upon (something that is elided); "That depends" | ||
| trust - extend credit to; "don't trust my ex-wife; I won't pay her debts anymore" | ||
| loan, lend give temporarily; let have for a limited time; "I will lend you my car"; "loan me some money" | ||
| commercialism, mercantilism, commerce an economic system (Europe in 18th century) to increase a nation's wealth by government regulation of all of the nation's commercial interests | ||
| trust - allow without fear | ||
| countenance, permit, let, allow consent to, give permission; "She permitted her son to visit her estranged husband"; "I won't let the police search her basement"; "I cannot allow you to see your exam" | ||
| trust - confer a trust upon; "The messenger was entrusted with the general's secret"; "I commit my soul to God" | ||
| entrust, intrust, confide, commit | ||
| hand, pass on, reach, turn over, pass, give guide or conduct or usher somewhere; "hand the elderly lady into the taxi" | ||
| commend express approval of | ||
| consign, charge give over to another for care or safekeeping; "consign your baggage" | ||
| recommit send back to a committee; "The bill was recommitted three times in the House" | ||
| obligate commit in order to fulfill an obligation; "obligate money" | ||
| trust - expect and wish; "I trust you will behave better from now on"; "I hope she understands that she cannot expect a raise" | ||
| hope, desire | ||
| wish invoke upon; "wish you a nice evening"; "bid farewell" | ||
| trust - be confident about something; "I believe that he will come back from the war" | ||
| believe | ||
| anticipate, expect be a forerunner of or occur earlier than; "This composition anticipates Impressionism" | ||
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Wiktionary
- trust (Noun)
Confidence in or reliance on some person or quality. - trust (Noun)
Dependence upon something in the future; hope. - trust (Noun)
Confidence in the future payment for goods or services supplied; credit. - trust (Noun)
Trustworthiness, reliability. - trust (Noun)
The confidence vested in a person who has legal ownership of a property to manage for the benefit of another. - trust (Noun)
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. - trust (Noun)
Trust from an operating system against an application or user that results in access rights. - trust (Verb)
To place confidence in; to rely on, to confide, or repose faith, in. - trust (Verb)
To give credence to; to believe; to credit. - trust (Verb)
To hope confidently; to believe; usually with a phrase or infinitive clause as the object. - trust (Verb)
To show confidence in a person by intrusting him with something. - trust (Verb)
To commit, as to one's care; to intrust. - trust (Verb)
To give credit to; to sell to upon credit, or in confidence of future payment. - trust (Verb)
To risk; to venture confidently. - trust (Verb)
To have trust; to be credulous; to be won to confidence; to confide. - trust (Verb)
To be confident, as of something future; to hope. - trust (Verb)
To sell or deliver anything in reliance upon a promise of payment; to give credit. - trust (Adjective)
Secure, safe. - trust (Adjective)
Faithful, dependable.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- trust (n.)
Assured resting of the mind on the integrity, veracity, justice, friendship, or other sound principle, of another person; confidence; reliance; reliance. - trust (n.)
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. - trust (n.)
Assured anticipation; dependence upon something future or contingent, as if present or actual; hope; belief. - trust (n.)
That which is committed or intrusted to one; something received in confidence; charge; deposit. - trust (n.)
The condition or obligation of one to whom anything is confided; responsible charge or office. - trust (n.)
That upon which confidence is reposed; ground of reliance; hope. - trust (n.)
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. - trust (n.)
An organization formed mainly for the purpose of regulating the supply and price of commodities, etc.; as, a sugar trust. - trust (a.)
Held in trust; as, trust property; trustmoney. - trust (n.)
To place confidence in; to rely on, to confide, or repose faith, in; as, we can not trust those who have deceived us. - trust (n.)
To give credence to; to believe; to credit. - trust (n.)
To hope confidently; to believe; -- usually with a phrase or infinitive clause as the object. - trust (n.)
to show confidence in a person by intrusting (him) with something. - trust (n.)
To commit, as to one's care; to intrust. - trust (n.)
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. - trust (n.)
To risk; to venture confidently. - trust (v. i.)
To have trust; to be credulous; to be won to confidence; to confide. - trust (v. i.)
To be confident, as of something future; to hope. - trust (v. i.)
To sell or deliver anything in reliance upon a promise of payment; to give credit.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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To have confidence or faith in. -
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A group of organisations in an industry which agree on maintaining high prices and effectively killing competition. -
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To confer a trust upon.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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trust, n. trustworthiness: confidence in the truth of anything: confident expectation: a resting on the integrity, friendship, &c. of another: faith: hope: credit (esp. sale on credit or on promise to pay): he who, or that which, is the ground of confidence: that which is given or received in confidence: charge: an arrangement by which property is handed to or vested in a person, in the trust or confidence that he will use and dispose of it for the benefit of another, also the estate so managed for another: in modern commerce, an arrangement for the control of several companies under one direction, to cheapen expenses, regulate production, beat down competition, and so obtain a maximum return.—adj. held in trust.—v.t. to place trust in: to believe: to give credit to: to sell upon credit: to commit to the care of: to expect confidently.—v.i. to be confident or confiding.—ns. Trust′-deed, a deed conveying property to a trustee; Trustee′, one to whom anything is entrusted: one to whom the management of a property is committed in trust for the benefit of others; Trustee′ship; Trust′er; Trust-estate′, an estate held by trustees.—adj. Trust′ful, trusting: worthy of trust.—adv. Trust′fully.—n. Trust′fulness.—adv. Trust′ily.—n. Trust′iness.—adj. Trust′ing, confiding.—adv. Trust′ingly.—adj. Trust′less, treacherous, unfaithful.—ns. Trust′lessness; Trust′worthiness.—adjs. Trust′worthy, worthy of trust or confidence: trusty; Trust′y (comp. Trust′ier, superl. Trust′iest), that may be trusted: deserving confidence: honest: strong: firm: (Shak.) involving trust.—Active, or Special, trust, a trust in which the trustee's power of management depends upon his having the right of actual possession; Breach of trust, a violation of duty by a trustee, executor, &c.; In trust, as a charge, for safe-keeping; On trust, on credit. [Scand., Ice. traust, trust; Ger. trost, consolation.]
Foolish DictionaryThe Foolish Dictionary 🤡
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trust
A small body of capital entirely surrounded by water.
Proverbs DictionaryProverbs Dictionary 📗
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If you trust before you try, You may repent it ere you die. -
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Trust in God, and keep your powder dry.
