Word forms: plural, 3rd person singular presenttense trusts, present participle trusting, past tense, past participle trusted
1. verb
If you trust someone, you believe that they are honest and sincere and will not deliberately do anything to harm you.
'I trust you completely,' he said. [VERB noun]
He did argue in a general way that the president can't be trusted. [VERB noun]
[Also VERB]
Synonyms: believe in, have faith in, depend on, count on More Synonyms of trust
trustedadjective [ADJECTIVE noun]
After speaking to a group of her most trusted advisers, she turned her anger intoaction.
2. uncountable noun
Your trustin someone is your belief that they are honest and sincere and will not deliberatelydo anything to harm you.
He destroyed me and my trust in men. [+ in]
You've betrayed their trust.
There's a feeling of warmth and trust here.
Synonyms: confidence, credit, belief, faith More Synonyms of trust
3. verb
If you trust someone to do something, you believe that they will do it.
That's why I must trust you to keep this secret. [VERB noun to-infinitive]
They argued that the ruling party could not be trusted to oversee its own removalfrom power. [VERB noun to-infinitive]
4. verb
If you trust someone with something important or valuable, you allow them to look after it or deal with it.
This could make your superiors hesitate to trust you with major responsibilities. [VERB noun + with]
I'd trust him with my life. [VERB noun + with]
Synonyms: entrust, commit, assign, confide [formal] More Synonyms of trust
Trust is also a noun.
...a care home where you were working in a position of trust.
Although I didn't betray a trust, I feel I behaved shabbily.
5. verb
If you do not trust something, you feel that it is not safe or reliable.
She nodded, not trusting her own voice. [VERB noun]
For one thing, he didn't trust his legs to hold him up. [VERB noun to-infinitive]
I still can't trust myself to remain composed in their presence. [VERB pronoun-reflexive to-infinitive]
6. verb
If you trust someone's judgment or advice, you believe that it is good or right.
Jake has raised two smashing kids and I trust his judgement. [VERB noun]
I blame myself and will never be able to trust my instinct again. [VERB noun]
7. verb
If you say you trust that something is true, you mean you hope and expect that it is true.
[formal]
I trust you will take the earliest opportunity to make a full apology. [VERB that]
We trust that he and his department are considering our suggestion. [VERB that]
Synonyms: expect, believe, hope, suppose More Synonyms of trust
8. verb
If you trust in someone or something, you believe strongly in them, and do not doubt their powers or their good intentions.
[formal]
He was a pastor who trusted in the Lord and who lived to preach. [VERB + in]
Don't blindly trust in the good faith of any government official. [VERBin noun]
9. countable noun [oft inNOUN]
A trust is a financial arrangement in which a group of people or an organization keeps and invests money for someone.
You could set up a trust so the children can't spend their inheritance.
The money will be put in trust until she is 18.
10. countable noun [oft in names]
A trust is a group of people or an organization that has control of an amount of money orproperty and invests it on behalf of other people or as a charity.
He had set up two charitable trusts.
Over the past 18 months, the trust has opened four more cafés in the area.
11. countable noun [NOUN noun]
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.
The hospital became a self-governing trust this week.
12. See also trusting, unit trust
13.
See in trust
14.
See take sth on trust
15. tried and trusted
Phrasal verbs:
See trust to
More Synonyms of trust
trust in British English
(trʌst)
noun
1.
reliance on and confidence in the truth, worth, reliability, etc, of a person or thing; faith
▶ Related adjective: fiducial
2.
a group of commercial enterprises combined to monopolize and control the market for any commodity: illegal in the US
3.
the obligation of someone in a responsible position
a position of trust
4.
custody, charge, or care
a child placed in my trust
5.
a person or thing in which confidence or faith is placed
6.
commercial credit
7.
a.
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
b.
property that is the subject of such an arrangement
c.
the confidence put in the trustee
▶ Related adjective: fiduciary
8.
(in the British National Health Service) a self-governing hospital, group of hospitals, or other body providing health-care services, which operatesas an independent commercial unit within the NHS
9. trust company, trust account (sense 2)
10. (modifier)
of or relating to a trust or trusts
trust property
verb
11. (tr; may take a clause as object)
to expect, hope, or suppose
I trust that you are well
12. (whentr, may take an infinitive; when intr, often foll by in or to)
to place confidence in (someone to do something); have faith (in); rely (upon)
I trust him to tell her
13. (transitive)
to consign for care
the child was trusted to my care
14. (transitive)
to allow (someone to do something) with confidence in his or her good sense or honesty
I trust my daughter to go
15. (transitive)
to extend business credit to
Derived forms
trustable (ˈtrustable)
adjective
trustability (ˌtrustaˈbility)
noun
truster (ˈtruster)
noun
Word origin
C13: from Old Norse traust; related to Old High German trost solace
trust in American English
(trʌst)
noun
1.
a.
firm belief or confidence in the honesty, integrity, reliability, justice, etc. of another person or thing; faith; reliance
b.
the person or thing trusted
2.
confident expectation, anticipation, or hope
to have trust in the future
3.
a.
the fact of having confidence placed in one
b.
responsibility or obligation resulting from this
4.
keeping; care; custody
5.
something entrusted to one; charge, duty, etc.
6.
confidence in a purchaser's intention or future ability to pay for goods or services delivered; credit
to sell on trust
7.
a.
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.
b.
cartel (sense 3)
see also monopoly
8. Law
a.
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)
b.
the confidence reposed in a trustee
c.
the whole of the property held in trust
d.
a trustee or group of trustees
e.
the beneficiary's right to property held in trust
9. Archaic
trustworthiness; loyalty
verb intransitive
10.
to have trust or faith; place reliance; be confident
11.
to hope
12.
to give business credit
verb transitive
13.
a.
to believe in the honesty, integrity, justice, etc. of; have confidence in
b.
to rely or depend on
trust them to be on time
14.
to commit (something) to a person's care
15.
to put something confidently in the charge of
to trust a lawyer with one's case
16.
to allow to do something without fear of the outcome
to trust a child to go to the store
17.
to believe or suppose
18.
to expect confidently; hope
19.
to grant business credit to
adjective
20.
relating to a trust or trusts
21.
held in trust
22.
managing for an owner; acting as trustee
SIMILAR WORDS: beˈlief, moˈnopoly, reˈly
Idioms:
in trust
trust to
Derived forms
trustable (ˈtrustable)
adjective
truster (ˈtruster)
noun
Word origin
ME < ON traust, trust, lit., firmness < IE *drou-sto- < base *deru-, tree > tree, true + sto-, standing < base *sta-, to stand
trust in Insurance
(trʌst)
Word forms: (regular plural) trusts
noun
(Insurance: Life insurance, Pensions)
A trust is an organization or group that has control over money that will be used to help someone else.
If you set up a trust before your death, after your death property can be quickly and quietly distributedto the beneficiaries.
A life insurance trust is a type of life insurance policy where a company is named as the beneficiary anddistributes the proceeds of the policy under the terms of the agreement.
A trust is an organization or group that has control over money that will be used to helpsomeone else.
trustee
Examples of 'trust' in a sentence
trust
Sometimes trusting people is a challenge but it can change good relationships into wonderful ones.
The Sun (2016)
The trust gives money principally to scientific and medical causes.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
We have now got hospital trusts having to close services.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
One trusts that there will be no unpaid overtime.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
The trusts can also benefit income seekers.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
He argues that if you trust players and set clear expectations, they will step up to meet them.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
Inevitably, parental trust and belief in the value of formal education is much less than one might wish for.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Don't take trust for granted.
The Sun (2017)
Work-wise, it's good to trust your intuition.
The Sun (2016)
They are also the most trusted in the world.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
We have a very diverse charity sector that enjoys high public trust and confidence.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
So the film makers earned my trust by being good at what they were doing.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
There was a trust and belief in each other.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
When will people learn that the government cannot be trusted to run anything?
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
This means placing a tentative trust in a person and checking on how he handles it.
Christianity Today (2000)
When you make a will you may have been asked to put money into trust.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
We placed our trust in the hospital which failed in so many ways so many times over.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Who wants to work for people you cannot trust?
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
You will begin to trust your body more.
Lumsden, Robert 23 Steps to Successful Achievement (1972)
And shrunken charitable trust asset bases have still to recover fully.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
It is almost as though he refuses to take on trust what he sees in the mirror.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
This allows trusted people to manage your financial affairs.
The Sun (2006)
We would trek on ponies and you just had to put all your trust in them.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Is there tax on transferring the money for the property to the trust?
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
There is no general building of warmth or trust.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Working alongside people you like and trust sets up a great opportunity to be part of a group that is going places.
The Sun (2014)
Trusts insist their arrangements are safe and improving but patients complain that it is significantly more difficult to get diagnostic scans at weekends.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
HOSPITAL trusts overcharging for parking have defended their right to bill people, saying that some of the money is used for patient care.
The Sun (2015)
In other languages
trust
British English: trust /trʌst/ NOUN
Your trust in someone is your belief that they are honest and sincere and will not deliberately do anything to harm you.
He destroyed me and my trust in men.
American English: trust
Arabic: ثِقَة
Brazilian Portuguese: confiança
Chinese: 信任
Croatian: povjerenje
Czech: důvěra
Danish: tillid
Dutch: vertrouwen
European Spanish: confianza
Finnish: luottamus
French: confiance
German: Vertrauen
Greek: εμπιστοσύνη
Italian: fiducia
Japanese: 信頼
Korean: 신뢰
Norwegian: tillit
Polish: zaufanie
European Portuguese: confiança
Romanian: încredere
Russian: доверие
Latin American Spanish: confianza
Swedish: förtroende
Thai: ความเชื่อใจ
Turkish: güven
Ukrainian: довіра
Vietnamese: lòng tin
British English: trust /trʌst/ VERB
If you trust someone, you believe that they are honest and sincere and will not deliberately do anything to harm you.
`I trust you completely,' he said.
American English: trust
Arabic: يَثِقُ ب
Brazilian Portuguese: confiar
Chinese: 信赖
Croatian: vjerovati
Czech: důvěřovat
Danish: stole på
Dutch: vertrouwen
European Spanish: confiar
Finnish: luottaa
French: avoir confiance
German: vertrauen
Greek: εμπιστεύομαι
Italian: fidarsi
Japanese: 信頼する
Korean: 신뢰하다
Norwegian: stole på
Polish: zaufać
European Portuguese: confiar
Romanian: a avea încredere în
Russian: доверять
Latin American Spanish: confiar
Swedish: lita på
Thai: ไว้วางใจ
Turkish: güvenmek
Ukrainian: вірити
Vietnamese: tin
All related terms of 'trust'
in trust
If something valuable is kept in trust , it is held and protected by a group of people or an organization on behalf of other people.
trust to
If you trust to luck or instinct , you hope that it will enable you to achieve what you are trying to do, because you have nothing else to help you.
blind trust
A blind trust is a financial arrangement in which someone's investments are managed without the person knowing where the money is invested . Blind trusts are used especially by people such as members of parliament , so that they cannot be accused of using their position to make money unfairly.
brain trust
a group of experts unofficially acting as administrative advisers
Civic Trust
a charitable organization in Britain which aims to improve the quality of new and historic buildings and public spaces , and to help improve the general quality of urban life.
trust deed
a document that transfers the legal title to property to a trustee
trust fund
A trust fund is an amount of money or property that someone owns, usually after inheriting it, but which is kept and invested for them.
trust hotel
a licensed hotel or a bar owned by a publicly elected committee as trustees , the profits of which go to public amenities
unit trust
A unit trust is an organization which invests money in many different types of business and which offers units for sale to the public as an investment. You can also refer to an investment of this type as a unit trust .
brains trust
a group of knowledgeable people who discuss topics in public or on radio or television
trust account
a savings account deposited in the name of a trustee who controls it during his or her lifetime , after which the balance is payable to a prenominated beneficiary
trust company
a commercial bank or other enterprise organized to perform trustee functions
trust issues
Your trust in someone is your belief that they are honest and sincere and will not deliberately do anything to harm you.
Clifford trust
a type of living trust set up for at least a 10-year period, during which the income goes to a beneficiary and after which the principal reverts to the grantor
National Trust
(in Britain) an organization concerned with the preservation of historic buildings and monuments and areas of the countryside of great beauty in England, Wales , and Northern Ireland . It was founded in 1895 and incorporated by act of parliament in 1907. The National Trust for Scotland was founded in 1931
trust hospital
a hospital that is run by an NHS trust which competes with other trusts for government funding
trust territory
a territory placed under the administrative authority of a country by the United Nations
charitable trust
a trust set up for the benefit of a charity that complies with the regulations of the Charity Commissioners to enable it to be exempt from paying income tax
deed of trust
See trust deed
investment trust
a financial enterprise that invests its subscribed capital in securities for its investors' benefit
trust corporation
a commercial bank or other enterprise organized to perform trustee functions
breach of trust
a violation of duty by a trustee or any other person in a fiduciary position
closed-end trust
a financial enterprise that invests its subscribed capital in securities for its investors' benefit
discretionary trust
a trust in which the beneficiaries ' shares are not fixed in the trust deed but are left to the discretion of other persons, often the trustees
Historic Places Trust
(in New Zealand ) the statutory body concerned with the conservation of historic buildings, esp with ancient M āori sites
take sth on trust
If you take something on trust after having heard or read it, you believe it completely without checking it.
trustee account
a savings account deposited in the name of a trustee who controls it during his or her lifetime , after which the balance is payable to a prenominated beneficiary
Trust Territory of New Guinea
(until 1975) an administrative division of the former Territory of Papua and New Guinea , consisting of the NE part of the island of New Guinea together with the Bismarck Archipelago ; now part of Papua New Guinea