trust

trust
noun
1》 firm belief in someone or something.
    ↘acceptance of the truth of a statement without evidence or investigation.
2》 the state of being responsible for someone or something: a man in a position of trust.
3》 Law an arrangement whereby a person (a trustee) holds property as its nominal owner for the good of one or more beneficiaries.
    ↘a body of trustees.
    ↘an organization managed by trustees.
4》 chiefly N. Amer. a large company that has or attempts to gain monopolistic control of a market.
5》 W. Indian or archaic commercial credit.
6》 archaic a hope or expectation.
verb
1》 believe in the reliability, truth, or ability of.
    ↘(trust someone with) have the confidence to allow someone to have, use, or look after.
    ↘(trust someone/thing to) commit someone or something to the safe keeping of.
    ↘(trust to) place reliance on (luck, fate, etc.).
2》 hope or expect (used as a polite formula): I trust that you have enjoyed this book.
3》 archaic allow credit to.
Phrases
trust someone to —— it is characteristic or predictable for someone to act in the specified way.
Derivatives
trustable adjective
trusted adjective
truster noun
Origin
ME: from ON traust, from traustr 'strong'; the verb from ON treysta.

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