Main entry: trust, trustfulness, trustingness
Definition: the trait of believing in the honesty and reliability of others
Usage: the experience destroyed his trust and personal dignity
Definition: certainty based on past experience
Usage: 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
Definition: complete confidence in a person or plan etc
Usage: he cherished the faith of a good woman; the doctor-patient relationship is based on trust
Main entry: corporate trust, cartel, combine, trust
Definition: a consortium of independent organizations formed to limit competition by controlling the production and distribution of a product or service
Usage: they set up the trust in the hope of gaining a monopoly
Main entry: trust
Definition: something (as property) held by one party (the trustee) for the benefit of another (the beneficiary)
Usage: he is the beneficiary of a generous trust set up by his father
Main entry: trust, confidence
Definition: a trustful relationship
Usage: he took me into his confidence; he betrayed their trust
Main entry: swear, trust, rely, bank
Definition: have confidence or faith in
Usage: We can trust in God; Rely on your friends; bank on your good education; I swear by my grandmother's recipes
Definition: be confident about something
Usage: I believe that he will come back from the war
Main entry: hope, trust, desire
Definition: expect and wish
Usage: I trust you will behave better from now on; I hope she understands that she cannot expect a raise
Main entry: trust
Definition: extend credit to
Usage: don't trust my ex-wife; I won't pay her debts anymore
Main entry: entrust, intrust, trust, confide, commit
Definition: confer a trust upon
Usage: The messenger was entrusted with the general's secret; I commit my soul to God
Main entry: trust
Definition: allow without fear