trust
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: trŭst
ipa: /tɹʌst/
ipa: [t͡ʃʰɹɐst]
ipa: /tɹʊst/
rhymes: -ʌst
homophone: trussed
Forms: form: trusts
Etymology: From Middle English trust, trost (“trust, protection”). Long considered a borrowing from Old Norse traust (“confidence, help, protection”), from Proto-Germanic *traustą, but the root vocalism is incompatible, so trust has come to be considered a reflex of an unattested Old English *trust, from a rare zero-grade Proto-Germanic variant of the same root also attested in Middle High German getrüste (“host”). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *deru- (“be firm, hard, solid”). Akin to Danish trøst (“comfort, solace”), Saterland Frisian Traast (“comfort, solace”), West Frisian treast (“comfort, solace”), Dutch troost (“comfort, consolation”), German Trost (“comfort, consolation”), Gothic trausti (“alliance, pact”). Doublet of tryst. More at true, tree.
Senses: examples: text: He needs to regain her trust if he is ever going to win her back.
text: to lose trust in someone
text: build up trust
text: a relationship built on mutual trust
text: taking things upon trust.
ref: 1689 (indicated as 1690), [John Locke], chapter I, in An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding. […], London: […] Eliz[abeth] Holt, for Thomas Basset, […], →OCLC:
text: O ever-failing trust / In mortal strength!
ref: 1671, John Milton, Samson Agonistes:
glosses: Confidence in or reliance on some person or quality.
examples: text: Such trust have we through Christ.
ref: 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 2 Corinthians 3:4:
glosses: Dependence upon something in the future; hope.
examples: text: I was out of cash, but the landlady let me have it on trust.
glosses: Confidence in the future payment for goods or services supplied; credit.
glosses: That which is committed or entrusted; something received in confidence; a charge.
examples: text: O Lord God, thou art my trust from my youth.
ref: 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Psalms 71:5:
glosses: That upon which confidence is reposed; ground of reliance; hope.
glosses: Trustworthiness, reliability.
examples: text: I do profess to be no less than I seem; to serve him truly that
will put me in trust
ref: c. 1603–1606, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of King Lear”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene iv]:
text: 17th century, John Denham, Of Justice
Reward them well, if they observe their trust.
glosses: The condition or obligation of one to whom anything is confided; responsible charge or office.
examples: text: I put the house into my sister's trust.
topics: law
glosses: The confidence vested in a person who has legal ownership of a property to manage for the benefit of another.
qualifier: trust law
glosses: 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.
glosses: 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.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Affirmation of the access rights of a user of a computer system.
Synonyms: sense: confidence in a person or quality
word: belief
sense: confidence in a person or quality
word: confidence
sense: confidence in a person or quality
word: faith
sense: hope
word: expectation
sense: hope
word: hope
Derived terms: sense: Terms derived from trust (noun)
word: bare trust
sense: Terms derived from trust (noun)
word: beef trust
sense: Terms derived from trust (noun)
word: blind trust
sense: Terms derived from trust (noun)
word: brains trust
sense: Terms derived from trust (noun)
word: brain trust
sense: Terms derived from trust (noun)
word: breach of trust
sense: Terms derived from trust (noun)
word: cestui que trust
sense: Terms derived from trust (noun)
word: cestuy que trust
sense: Terms derived from trust (noun)
word: charitable trust
sense: Terms derived from trust (noun)
word: constructive trust
sense: Terms derived from trust (noun)
word: Henson trust
sense: Terms derived from trust (noun)
word: honorary trust
sense: Terms derived from trust (noun)
word: living trust
sense: Terms derived from trust (noun)
word: mistrust
sense: Terms derived from trust (noun)
word: multi-academy trust
sense: Terms derived from trust (noun)
word: partial trust
sense: Terms derived from trust (noun)
word: position of trust
sense: Terms derived from trust (noun)
word: public trust
sense: Terms derived from trust (noun)
word: Quistclose trust
sense: Terms derived from trust (noun)
word: remainder trust
sense: Terms derived from trust (noun)
word: resulting trust
sense: Terms derived from trust (noun)
word: spendthrift trust
sense: Terms derived from trust (noun)
word: take on trust
sense: Terms derived from trust (noun)
word: Totten trust
sense: Terms derived from trust (noun)
word: trust anchor
sense: Terms derived from trust (noun)
word: trust and safety
sense: Terms derived from trust (noun)
word: trust capital
sense: Terms derived from trust (noun)
word: trust deed
sense: Terms derived from trust (noun)
word: trust fall
sense: Terms derived from trust (noun)
word: trust-falling
sense: Terms derived from trust (noun)
word: trustful
sense: Terms derived from trust (noun)
word: trust fund
sense: Terms derived from trust (noun)
word: trust fund baby
sense: Terms derived from trust (noun)
word: trust-funder
sense: Terms derived from trust (noun)
word: trustless
sense: Terms derived from trust (noun)
word: trust territory
sense: Terms derived from trust (noun)
word: trustworthy
sense: Terms derived from trust (noun)
word: trusty
sense: Terms derived from trust (noun)
word: unit trust
sense: Terms derived from trust (noun)
word: untrust
sense: Terms derived from trust (noun)
word: wantrust
sense: Terms derived from trust (noun)
word: web of trust