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US
/ˈtɹəst/
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[ UK /tɹˈʌst/ ]
[ UK /tɹˈʌst/ ]
NOUN
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a consortium of independent organizations formed to limit competition by controlling the production and distribution of a product or service
they set up the trust in the hope of gaining a monopoly -
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 -
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 -
a trustful relationship
he betrayed their trust
he took me into his confidence -
complete confidence in a person or plan etc
he cherished the faith of a good woman
the doctor-patient relationship is based on trust -
the trait of believing in the honesty and reliability of others
the experience destroyed his trust and personal dignity
VERB
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expect and wish
I hope she understands that she cannot expect a raise
I trust you will behave better from now on - allow without fear
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have confidence or faith in
We can trust in our government -
(chiefly archaic) extend credit to
don't trust my ex-wife; I won't pay her debts anymore -
be confident about something
I believe that he will come back from the war -
confer a trust upon
The messenger was entrusted with the general's secret
I commit my soul to God
How To Use trust In A Sentence
- A few days after, they brought the intelligence that Barbarina had returned; and the councillor dwelt with her in her new house; and the servants were commanded to call the signora Madame Cocceji. as she was his well-beloved and trusted wife. Berlin and Sans-Souci; or Frederick the Great and his friends
- There has been a lot of teamwork and trust and that deserves to be rewarded by having new investment.
- National Provisions Company, and went out preaching fiat money and a subtreasury for the farmers 'crops, trusting to God and the flower garden about his little white house, to keep the family alive -- it is odd that Jeanette's childish impression was that General Ward was a man of consequence in the world. A Certain Rich Man
- Stealing away, (whence, I suppose, the ironical phrase of trusty Trojan to this day,) like a thief — pretendedly indeed at the command of the gods; but could that be, when the errand he went upon was to rob other princes, not only of their dominions, but of their lives? — Clarissa Harlowe
- Kahil was one of her men, yet he managed to insinuate himself into Fadawah's trust. SHARDS OF A BROKEN CROWN
- Committed by parents, teachers, priests or minders it undermines trust and dependency, disrupts relations with authority figures and can interfere with loving and learning.
- Still, for the medium term, either the government needs to scutinize refinery activity much more closely, adopt new regulatory authority and aggressively enforce antitrust laws, or it must intervene to deconcentrate the market. Robert Weissman: What To Do About the Price of Oil
- How anyone could have read some sinister intent into those views is indeed puzzling, and illustrates well how those damned Jewshow certain hypersensitive and overly privileged people who feel superior to the rest of the world are willing to cut their own throats for short term advantage by using unjustified charges of anti-semitism to point out how they take advantage of their position in any nation or institution who trusts them so as to benefit their own in group at the expense of that nation or institution. The Volokh Conspiracy » Why Catholics and Jews?
- Distrust naturally creates distrust, and by nothing is good-will and kind conduct more speedily changed than by invidious jealousies and uncandid imputations, whether expressed or implied.
- The partners' duties A vital component of a partnership is the mutual trust between partners.