Trust

trust, n. trustworthine : confidence in the truth of anything: confident expectation: a resting on the integrity, friendship, . 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′fulne .— adv. Trust′ily .— n. Trust′ine .— adj. Trust′ing , confiding.— adv. Trust′ingly .— adj. Trust′le , treacherous, unfaithful.— ns. Trust′le ne ; Trust′worthine .— 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 po e ion; Breach of trust , a violation of duty by a trustee, executor, .; In trust , as a charge, for safe-keeping; On trust , on credit. [Scand., Ice. traust , trust; Ger. trost , consolation.]