7 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Trust \Trust\, n.
1. An equitable right or interest in property distinct from
the legal ownership thereof; a use (as it existed before
the Statute of Uses); also a property interest held by
one person for the benefit of another. Trusts are active,
or special, express, implied, constructive, etc In a
{passive trust} the trustee simply has title to the trust
property, while its control and management are in the
beneficiary.
2. A business organization or combination consisting of a
number of firms or corporations operating, and often
united, under an agreement creating a trust (in sense 1),
esp. one formed mainly for the purpose of regulating the
supply and price of commodities, etc.; often
opprobriously, a combination formed for the purpose of
controlling or monopolizing a trade industry, or
business, by doing acts in restraint or trade as a sugar
trust. A trust may take the form of a corporation or of a
body of persons or corporations acting together by mutual
arrangement, as under a contract or a so-called
gentlemen's agreement. When it consists of corporations it
may be effected by putting a majority of their stock
either in the hands of a board of trustees (whence the
name trust for the combination) or by transferring a
majority to a holding company. The advantages of a trust
are partly due to the economies made possible in carrying
on a large business, as well as the doing away with
competition. In the United States severe statutes against
trusts have been passed by the Federal government and in
many States, with elaborate statutory definitions.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Trust \Trust\, n. [OE. trust, trost, Icel. traust confidence,
security; akin to Dan. & Sw tr["o]st comfort, consolation,
G. trost, Goth. trausti a convention, covenant, and E. true.
See {True}, and cf {Tryst}.]
1. Assured resting of the mind on the integrity, veracity,
justice, friendship, or other sound principle, of another
person; confidence; reliance; reliance. ``O ever-failing
trust in mortal strength!'' --Milton.
Most take things upon trust. --Locke.
2. Credit given especially, delivery of property or
merchandise in reliance upon future payment; exchange
without immediate receipt of an equivalent; as to sell or
buy goods on trust.
3. Assured anticipation; dependence upon something future or
contingent, as if present or actual; hope; belief. ``Such
trust have we through Christ.'' --2 Cor. iii. 4.
His trust was with the Eternal to be deemed Equal in
strength. --Milton.
4. That which is committed or intrusted to one something
received in confidence; charge; deposit.
5. The condition or obligation of one to whom anything is
confided; responsible charge or office.
[I] serve him truly that will put me in trust.
--Shak.
Reward them well if they observe their trust.
--Denham.
6. That upon which confidence is reposed; ground of reliance;
hope.
O Lord God, thou art my trust from my youth. --Ps.
lxxi. 5.
7. (Law) 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.
8. An organization formed mainly for the purpose of
regulating the supply and price of commodities, etc.; as
a sugar trust. [Cant]
Syn: Confidence; belief; faith; hope; expectation.
{Trust deed} (Law), a deed conveying property to a trustee,
for some specific use
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Trust \Trust\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Trusted}; p. pr & vb n.
{Trusting}.] [OE. trusten, trosten. See {Trust}, n.]
1. To place confidence in to rely on to confide, or repose
faith, in as we can not trust those who have deceived
us
I will never trust his word after --Shak.
He that trusts every one without reserve will at
last be deceived. --Johnson.
2. To give credence to to believe; to credit.
Trust me you look well --Shak.
3. To hope confidently; to believe; -- usually with a phrase
or infinitive clause as the object.
I trust to come unto you and speak face to face.
--2 John 12.
We trustwe have a good conscience. --Heb. xiii.
18.
4. to show confidence in a person by intrusting him with
something
Whom with your power and fortune, sir, you trust,
Now to suspect is vain. --Dryden.
5. To commit, as to one's care to intrust.
Merchants were not willing to trust precious cargoes
to any custody but that of a man-of-war. --Macaulay.
6. To give credit to to sell to upon credit, or in
confidence of future payment; as merchants and
manufacturers trust their customers annually with goods.
7. To risk; to venture confidently.
[Beguiled] by thee to trust thee from my side
--Milton.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Trust \Trust\, v. i.
1. To have trust; to be credulous; to be won to confidence;
to confide.
More to know could not be more to trust. --Shak.
2. To be confident, as of something future; to hope.
I will trust and not be afraid. --Isa. xii. 2.
3. To sell or deliver anything in reliance upon a promise of
payment; to give credit.
It is happier sometimes to be cheated than not to
trust. --Johnson.
{To trust in}, {To trust on}, to place confidence in,; to
rely on to depend. ``Trust in the Lord, and do good.''
--Ps. xxxvii 3. ``A priest . . . on whom we trust.''
--Chaucer.
Her widening streets on new foundations trust.
--Dryden.
{To trust} {to or unto}, to depend on to have confidence in
to rely on
They trusted unto the liers in wait. --Judges xx
36.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Trust \Trust\, a.
Held in trust; as trust property; trustmoney
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
trust
n 1: something (as property) held by one party (the trustee) for
the benefit of another (the beneficiary); "he is the
beneficiary of a generous trust set up by his father"
2: certainty based on past experience; "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"
[syn: {reliance}]
3: the trait of trusting; of believing in the honesty and
reliability of others "the experience destroyed his trust
and personal dignity" [syn: {trustingness}, {trustfulness}]
[ant: {distrust}]
4: a consortium of companies formed to limit competition; "they
set up the trust in the hope of gaining a monopoly" [syn:
{combine}, {cartel}]
5: complete confidence in a person or plan etc "he cherished
the faith of a good woman"; "the doctor-patient
relationship is based on trust" [syn: {faith}]
6: a trustful relationship; "he took me into his confidence";
"he betrayed their trust" [syn: {confidence}]
v 1: have confidence or faith in "We can trust in God"; "Rely on
your friends"; "bank on your good education" [syn: {swear},
{rely}, {bank}] [ant: {distrust}, {distrust}]
2: allow without fear
3: be confident about something "I believe that he will come
back from the war" [syn: {believe}]
4: expect with desire; "I trust you will behave better from now
on"; "I hope she understands that she cannot exepct a
raise" [syn: {hope}, {desire}]
5: To confer a trust upon "The messenger was entrusted with
the general's secret"; "I commit my soul to God" [syn: {entrust},
{intrust}, {confide}, {commit}]
6: extend credit to
From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils]:
TRUST, n. In American politics, a large corporation composed in
greater part of thrifty working men, widows of small means orphans in
the care of guardians and the courts, with many similar malefactors
and public enemies.
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