Sekirov Dictionary

trust

/tɹʌst/

noun11

  1. the feeling of being sure that someone or something is good and can be counted on
  2. Dependence upon something in the future; hope.
  3. The confidence vested in a person who has legal ownership of a property to manage for the benefit of another.
  4. 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.
  5. The condition or obligation of one to whom anything is confided; responsible charge or office.
  6. That which is committed or entrusted; something received in confidence; a charge.
  7. 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.
  8. Confidence in the future payment for goods or services supplied; credit.
  9. Affirmation of the access rights of a user of a computer system.
  10. That upon which confidence is reposed; ground of reliance; hope.
  11. (rare) Trustworthiness, reliability.

verb11

  1. To place confidence in, to rely on, to confide in.
  2. To have faith in; to rely on for continuing support or aid.
  3. To rely on (something), as though having trust (on it).
  4. To have trust; to be credulous; to be won to confidence; to confide.
  5. To hope confidently; to believe (usually with a phrase or infinitive clause as the object)
  6. To give credence to; to believe; to credit.
  7. to show confidence in a person by entrusting them with something.
  8. To commit, as to one's care; to entrust.
  9. To give credit to; to sell to upon credit, or in confidence of future payment.
  10. (no longer used) To sell or deliver anything in reliance upon a promise of payment; to give credit.
  11. (no longer used) To risk; to venture confidently.

adjective3

  1. of or relating to a trust.
  2. (no longer used) Secure, safe.
  3. (no longer used) Faithful, dependable.

exclamation1

  1. (slang) Ellipsis of trust me, often used sarcastically or self-mockingly.
forms

trusted · trustedst · trusting · trusteth · trusts · trustest · more trust · most trust

Phrases with trust

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