Definition of trust

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Trust (n.) An estate devised or granted in confidence that the devisee or grantee shall convey it, or dispose of the profits, at the will, or for the benefit, of another; an estate held for the use of another; a confidence respecting property reposed in one person, who is termed the trustee, for the benefit of another, who is called the cestui que trust..

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Diffide :: Diffide (v. i.) To be distrustful.
Self-trust :: Self-trust (n.) Faith in one's self; self-reliance.
Consign :: Consign (v. t.) To give in charge; to commit; to intrust.
Bailor :: Bailor (n.) One who delivers goods or money to another in trust.
Prudhomme :: Prudhomme (n.) A trustworthy citizen; a skilled workman. See Citation under 3d Commune, 1..
Deposit :: Deposit (v. t.) That which is placed anywhere, or in any one's hands, for safe keeping; something intrusted to the care of another; esp., money lodged with a bank or banker, subject to order; anything given as pledge or security..
Confidante :: Confidante (n. fem.) One to whom secrets, especially those relating to affairs of love, are confided or intrusted; a confidential or bosom friend..
Authentic :: Authentic (n.) Of approved authority; true; trustworthy; credible; as, an authentic writer; an authentic portrait; authentic information..
Trust :: Trust (v. i.) To sell or deliver anything in reliance upon a promise of payment; to give credit.
Tried :: Tried (adj.) Proved; tested; faithful; trustworthy; as, a tried friend..
In :: In (prep.) With reference to movement or tendency toward a certain limit or environment; -- sometimes equivalent to into; as, to put seed in the ground; to fall in love; to end in death; to put our trust in God..
Credit :: Credit (n.) The time given for payment for lands or goods sold on trust; as, a long credit or a short credit..
Treason :: Treason (n.) Loosely, the betrayal of any trust or confidence; treachery; perfidy..
Anchorage :: Anchorage (n.) Something on which one may depend for security; ground of trust.
Trust :: Trust (n.) That which is committed or intrusted to one; something received in confidence; charge; deposit.
Confidence :: Confidence (n.) The act of confiding, trusting, or putting faith in; trust; reliance; belief; -- formerly followed by of, now commonly by in..
Betray :: Betray (v. t.) To deliver into the hands of an enemy by treachery or fraud, in violation of trust; to give up treacherously or faithlessly; as, an officer betrayed the city..
Intrust :: Intrust (v. t.) To deliver (something) to another in trust; to deliver to (another) something in trust; to commit or surrender (something) to another with a certain confidence regarding his care, use, or disposal of it; as, to intrust a servant with one's money or intrust money or goods to a servant..
Reliance :: Reliance (n.) The act of relying, or the condition or quality of being reliant; dependence; confidence; trust; repose of mind upon what is deemed sufficient support or authority..
Trusty :: Trusty (superl.) Involving trust; as, a trusty business..
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