split capital trust noun

An investment trust having several kinds of security with differing rights, and with a limited life (also split cap, split investment trust, split-level trust and split trust)

split decision noun

A decision that is not unanimous but is arrived at by a majority, esp in awarding victory in a boxing match

split end noun

1. The end of a hair that has split
2. An offensive end player who lines up some distance from the formation (American football)

split image noun

1. A bisected image, produced in a focusing system in which the two halves are displaced if the camera is out of focus (photography)
2. A spitting image (also splittˈing image)

split-image rangefinder noun

An optical device, used to assist camera focusing, in which the image is split when out of focus and whole when focused

split infinitive noun

An infinitive with an adverb between ‘to’ and the verb, as in to boldly go

split investment trust see split capital trust above.

split leather see split (n) above.

split-levˈel adjective

On more than one level (see also below)

split-level house noun

A one-storey house with rooms on more than one level

split-level trust see split capital trust above.

split mind noun

1. A mental disorder in which the thoughts may become separated from the emotions
2. Loosely, a divided or dual opinion or feeling (about something)

splitˈ-new adjective (Scot)

Brand-new

splitˈ-off noun (US finance)

An exchange of the stock in a subsidiary company with part of the stock in the parent company

split pea see under pea¹

split personality noun

Dual personality

split pin noun

A pin made of a doubled piece of metal formed into a ring at the head and usu inserted in a hole in a bolt to hold a nut, etc firmly

split ring noun

A ring made up of two or more loops of metal that may be stretched apart, as for keeping keys together

split screen noun

1. A cinematic technique of showing different scenes simultaneously on separate parts of the screen, also used in television
2. A facility whereby separate areas of the screen may be used to display and carry out separate functions simultaneously (computing)

splitˈ-screen adjective

split second noun

A fraction of a second

splitˈ-second adjective

Timed to a fraction of a second

split-seconds hand noun

A double seconds hand in a chronograph, of which first one and then the other member can be stopped by pressing a button

split shift noun

A working shift divided into two separate periods during the day

split time noun

The time indicated by the split-seconds hand of a chronograph

split trust see split capital trust above.

splitˈ-up noun

A separation, esp of a married couple

full split

At full speed

split hairs see under hair

split on (informal)

To betray, give (a person) away

split on a rock

To meet some unforeseen and disastrous difficulty, to go to ruin

split one's sides

To laugh immoderately

split the difference

To divide equally the sum of matter in dispute, to take the mean

trust /trust/

noun

1. Worthiness of being relied on
2. Fidelity
3. Confidence in the truth of anything
4. Confident expectation
5. A resting on the integrity, friendship, etc of another
6. Faith
7. Hope
8. Credit (esp sale on credit or on promise to pay)
9. Ground of confidence
10. That which is given or received in confidence
11. Charge
12. Responsibility
13. Anything felt to impose moral obligations
14. An arrangement by which property is handed to or vested in a person, to use and dispose of it for the benefit of another
15. An estate so managed for another
16. An arrangement for the control of several companies under one direction, to cheapen expenses, regulate production, beat down competition, and so obtain a maximum return
17. A hospital trust (qv)

adjective

Held in trust

transitive verb

1. To place trust in
2. To believe
3. To expect confidently
4. To hope
5. To give credit to
6. To commit to trust

intransitive verb

1. To have trust
2. To rely (with to)

trustˈable adjective

trusteeˈ noun

1. A person to whom anything is entrusted
2. Someone to whom the management of a property is committed in trust for the benefit of others

trusteeˈship noun

1. The state of being or action of a trustee
2. A trust territory

trustˈer noun

trustˈful adjective

Trusting

trustˈfully adverb

trustˈfulness noun

trustˈily adverb

trustˈiness noun

trustˈing adjective

Confiding

trustˈingly adverb

trustˈingness noun

trustˈless adjective

1. Not to be trusted, untrustworthy
2. Distrustful

trustˈlessness noun

trustˈworthily adverb

trustˈworthiness noun

trustˈworthy adjective

1. Worthy of trust or confidence
2. Trusty

trustˈy adjective (trustˈier, trustˈiest)

1. To be trusted
2. Deserving confidence
3. Faithful
4. Honest
5. Strong
6. Firm
7. Involving trust (Shakespeare)

noun

1. A person who can be trusted
2. A well-behaved prisoner, often granted special privileges
3. A greatcoat (Irish)

trust account or trustee account noun

A savings account administered by a trustee, the balance of which can be left to a beneficiary

trustˈbuster noun (US and informal)

A person who works for or achieves the break-up of business trusts, eg by legislation

trust company or trust corporation noun

A commercial enterprise formed to act as a trustee

trust deed noun

A deed conveying property to a trustee

trust estate noun

An estate held by trustees

trust fund noun

A fund of money, etc, held in trust

trust hospital noun

A hospital managed by a hospital trust (qv)

trust house noun

A hotel or tavern owned by a trust company, not privately or by liquor manufacturers

trust stock or trustee stock noun

That in which a trustee may legally invest trust funds without being personally liable if it should depreciate in value

trust territory noun

A territory ruled by an administering country under supervision of the Trusteeship Council of the United Nations (also trusteeship)

active or special trust

A trust in which the trustee's power of management depends upon his or her having the right of actual possession

breach of trust

A violation of duty by a trustee, etc

in trust

As a charge, for safekeeping, for management as a trustee

investment trust

An organization that invests its stockholders' money and distributes the net return among them

on trust

1. On credit
2. (accepted) without question

Public Trustee

A government officer (and his or her department) empowered to act for the state as trustee, executor, etc

split investment trust see split capital trust under split

trustee in bankruptcy

A person, usu an accountant, appointed (by the court) to administer the affairs of a bankrupt and to realize assets for the benefit of creditors

trustee savings bank

A savings bank statutorily controlled under trustees and having its general fund guaranteed by the state

unit trust

A type of investment trust in which given amounts of different securities form a unit, choice of a number of differently constituted units being available