trust

/trʌst/
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trust

A child places their trust in a parent's steady hand while learning to ride a bicycle.

Definition

  1. Noun:

    • Firm belief in the reliability, truth, ability, or strength of someone or something: A confident expectation about another person's character or actions.
    • A legal arrangement in which property or assets are managed by one party (the trustee) for the benefit of another (the beneficiary): A fiduciary relationship involving holding and administering assets.
    • A group of companies that unite to reduce competition and control markets: A business combination or monopoly.
    • The state of being responsible for someone or something: A duty or charge.

  2. Verb:

    • To believe in the reliability, truth, or ability of someone or something: To have confidence or faith in.
    • To allow someone to have, use, or look after (someone or something of value) with confidence: To entrust.
    • To hope or expect something: To express a wish or belief about a future event.
    • To extend financial credit to someone: To sell goods or lend money on the basis of future payment.
Usage Examples

  • Noun:

    • The doctor-patient relationship is built on trust.
    • He is the beneficiary of a family trust.
    • The companies formed a trust to control the industry.

  • Verb:

    • I trust my assistant with all confidential documents.
    • I trust you will arrive on time. (meaning: I hope/expect)
    • The store will trust him for the payment until next month.
Advanced Usage

  • In trust (phrase): Describing property or assets held legally by a trustee.

    • The estate was held in trust for the grandchildren until they turned 21.

  • Position of trust (phrase): A role or job involving great responsibility and reliance on one's honesty.

    • Teachers and police officers hold positions of trust in society.

  • Brain trust (noun, idiomatic): A group of expert advisers.

    • The president consulted his brain trust before making the decision.
Variants and Related Words
  • Trustee (n): A person or organization that holds or manages property in trust for another.
  • Trustworthy (adj): Deserving of trust; reliable.
  • Trustful / Trusting (adj): Having a tendency to trust others; full of trust.
  • Antitrust (adj): (Related to laws) opposing or regulating trusts to prevent monopoly.
Synonyms
  • Noun: Confidence, faith, reliance, assurance, credit.
  • Verb: Believe in, rely on, depend on, entrust, confide.
Related Phrasal Verbs
  • Trust in: To have faith or confidence in someone or something (often abstract).
    • She trusts in the goodness of people.
  • Trust to: To rely on something, often out of necessity.
    • With no map, we had to trust to luck.
Related Idioms
  • Take something on trust: To believe something without proof or evidence.
    • I have no documentation; you'll have to take my word on trust.
  • Breach of trust: An act that violates the confidence or responsibility placed in someone.
    • Sharing the client's secrets was a serious breach of trust.
  • A leap of faith / A vote of trust: An act of believing in something despite uncertainty.
    • Investing in his startup was a real leap of faith.
trust

A child places their trust in a parent's steady hand while learning to ride a bicycle.

Noun
  1. a trustful relationship
    • he took me into his confidence
    • he betrayed their trust
  2. complete confidence in a person or plan etc
    • he cherished the faith of a good woman
    • the doctor-patient relationship is based on trust
  3. 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
  4. the trait of believing in the honesty and reliability of others
    • the experience destroyed his trust and personal dignity
  5. 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
  6. 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
Verb
  1. extend credit to; I won't pay her debts anymore"
    • don't trust my ex-wife
  2. confer a trust upon
    • The messenger was entrusted with the general's secret
    • I commit my soul to God
  3. expect and wish
    • I trust you will behave better from now on
    • I hope she understands that she cannot expect a raise
  4. be confident about something
    • I believe that he will come back from the war
  5. allow without fear
  6. 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

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