ALL meanings of trust
trust
T t - countable noun trust A trust is a group of people or an organization that has control of an amount of money or property and invests it on behalf of other people or as a charity. 0
- countable noun trust In Britain, a trust or a trust hospital is a public hospital that receives its funding directly from the national government. It has its own board of governors and is not controlled by the local health authority. 0
- noun trust reliance on and confidence in the truth, worth, reliability, etc, of a person or thing; faith 0
- noun trust a group of commercial enterprises combined to monopolize and control the market for any commodity: illegal in the US 0
- noun trust the obligation of someone in a responsible position 0
- noun trust custody, charge, or care 0
- noun trust a person or thing in which confidence or faith is placed 0
- noun trust commercial credit 0
- noun trust an arrangement whereby a person to whom the legal title to property is conveyed (the trustee) holds such property for the benefit of those entitled to the beneficial interest 0
- noun trust property that is the subject of such an arrangement 0
- noun trust the confidence put in the trustee 0
- noun trust (in the British National Health Service) a self-governing hospital, group of hospitals, or other body providing health-care services, which operates as an independent commercial unit within the NHS 0
- noun trust of or relating to a trust or trusts 0
- verb trust to expect, hope, or suppose 0
- verb trust to place confidence in (someone to do something); have faith (in); rely (upon) 0
- verb trust to consign for care 0
- verb trust to allow (someone to do something) with confidence in his or her good sense or honesty 0
- verb trust to extend business credit to 0
- noun trust firm belief or confidence in the honesty, integrity, reliability, justice, etc. of another person or thing; faith; reliance 0
- noun trust the person or thing trusted 0
- noun trust confident expectation, anticipation, or hope 0
- noun trust the fact of having confidence placed in one 0
- noun trust responsibility or obligation resulting from this 0
- noun trust keeping; care; custody 0
- noun trust something entrusted to one; charge, duty, etc. 0
- noun trust confidence in a purchaser's intention or future ability to pay for goods or services delivered; credit 0
- noun trust an industrial or business combination, now illegal in the U.S., in which management and control of the member corporations are vested in a single board of trustees, who are thus able to control a market, absorb or eliminate competition, fix prices, etc. 0
- noun trust cartel (sense 3) 0
- noun trust an arrangement by which property is put under the ownership and control of a person (trustee) who bears the responsibility of administering it for the benefit of another (beneficiary) 0
- noun trust the confidence reposed in a trustee 0
- noun trust the whole of the property held in trust 0
- noun trust a trustee or group of trustees 0
- noun trust the beneficiary's right to property held in trust 0
- noun trust trustworthiness; loyalty 0
- intransitive verb trust to have trust or faith; place reliance; be confident 0
- intransitive verb trust to hope 0
- intransitive verb trust to give business credit 0
- verb transitive trust to believe in the honesty, integrity, justice, etc. of; have confidence in 0
- verb transitive trust to rely or depend on 0
- verb transitive trust to commit (something) to a person's care 0
- verb transitive trust to put something confidently in the charge of 0
- verb transitive trust to allow to do something without fear of the outcome 0
- verb transitive trust to believe or suppose 0
- verb transitive trust to expect confidently; hope 0
- verb transitive trust to grant business credit to 0
- adjective trust relating to a trust or trusts 0
- adjective trust held in trust 0
- adjective trust managing for an owner; acting as trustee 0
- noun trust A trust is an organization or group that has control over money that will be used to help someone else. 0