trust

noun trusts

1. countable, uncountable Confidence in or reliance on some person or quality. He needs to regain her trust if he is ever going to win her back.
2. countable, uncountable Dependence upon something in the future; hope. Such trust have we through Christ.
3. countable, uncountable Confidence in the future payment for goods or services supplied; credit. I was out of cash, but the landlady let me have it on trust.
4. countable, uncountable That which is committed or entrusted; something received in confidence; a charge.
5. countable, uncountable That upon which confidence is reposed; ground of reliance; hope. O Lord God, thou art my trust from my youth.
6. countable, rare, uncountable Trustworthiness, reliability.
7. countable, uncountable The condition or obligation of one to whom anything is confided; responsible charge or office. I do profess to be no less than I seem; to serve him truly that will put me in trust
8. countable, uncountable The confidence vested in a person who has legal ownership of a property to manage for the benefit of another. I put the house into my sister's trust.
9. countable, uncountable 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.
10. countable, uncountable 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.
11. countable, uncountable Affirmation of the access rights of a user of a computer system.

Similar: belief, confidence, faith, expectation, hope · Opposite: distrust, mistrust, untrust, wantrust

verb trusts · trusting · trusted · trust

1. transitive To place confidence in, to rely on, to confide in. We cannot trust anyone who deceives us.
2. intransitive, with in To have faith in; to rely on for continuing support or aid. In God We Trust
3. transitive To give credence to; to believe; to credit. Trust me, you looke well.
4. transitive To hope confidently; to believe (usually with a phrase or infinitive clause as the object) I trust you have cleaned your room?
5. transitive to show confidence in a person by entrusting them with something. Whom, with your power and fortune, sir, you trust, Now to suspect is vain.
6. transitive To commit, as to one's care; to entrust. Merchants were not willing to trust precious cargoes to any custody but that of a man-of-war.
7. transitive To give credit to; to sell to upon credit, or in confidence of future payment. Merchants and manufacturers trust their customers annually with goods.
8. intransitive, with to To rely on (something), as though having trust (on it). to trust to luck
9. archaic, transitive To risk; to venture confidently. [Beguiled] by thee to trust thee from my side.
10. intransitive To have trust; to be credulous; to be won to confidence; to confide. More ſhould I queſtion thee, and more I muſt, / Though more to know, could not be more to truſt: […]
11. archaic, intransitive To sell or deliver anything in reliance upon a promise of payment; to give credit.

Opposite: distrust, mistrust

interjection

1. abbreviation, ellipsis, slang Ellipsis of trust me, often used sarcastically or self-mockingly. You'll get your money back bro, trust.

adjective more trust · most trust

1. obsolete Secure, safe.
2. obsolete Faithful, dependable.
3. of or relating to a trust.