TRUST, n.

1. Confidence; a reliance or resting of the mind on the integrity, veracity, justice, friendship or other sound principle of another person. He that patteth his trust in the Lord shall be safe. Prov. xxix.
2. He or that which is the ground of confidence. O Lord God, thou art my trust from my youth. Ps. lxxi.
3. Charge received in confidence. Reward them well, if they observe their trust. Denham.
4. That which is committed to one's care. Never violate a sacred trust.
5. Confident opinion of any event. His trust was with th' Eternal to be deem'd / Equal in strength. Milton.
6. Credit given without examination; as, to take opinions on trust.
7. Credit on promise of payment, actual or implied; as, to take or purchase goods on trust.
8. Something committed to a person's care for use or management, and for which an account must be rendered. Every man's talents and advantages are a trust committed to him by his Maker, and for the use or employment of which he is accountable.
9. Confidence; special reliance on supposed honesty.
10. State of him to whom something is intrusted. I serve him truly, that will put me in trust. Shak.
11. Care; management. 1 Tim. vi.
12. In law, an estate, devised or granted in confidence that the devisee or grantee shall convey it, or dispose of the profits, at the will of another; an estate held for the use of another. Blackstone.

1. To be confident of something present or future. I trust to come to you, and speak face to fare. 2 John xii. We trust we have a good conscience. Heb. xiii.
2. To be credulous; to be won to confidence. Well, you may fear too far – / Safer than trust too far. Shak. To trust in, to confide in; to place confidence in; to rely on; a use frequent in the Scriptures. Trust in the Lord, and do good. Ps. xxxviii. They shall be greatly ashamed that trust in graven images. Is. xlii. To trust to, to depend on; to have confidence in; to rely on. The men of Israel trusted to the liers in wait. Judges xx.

1. To place confidence in; to rely on. We can not trust those who have deceived us. He that trusts every one without reserve, will at last be deceived. Rambler.
2. To believe; to credit. Trust me, you look well.
3. To commit to the care of, in confidence. Trust your Maker with yourself and all your concerns.
4. To venture confidently. Fool'd by thee, to trust thee from my side. Milton.
5. To give credit to; to sell to upon credit, or in confidence of future payment. The merchants and manufacturers trust their customers annually with goods to the value of of millions. It is happier to be sometimes cheated, than not to trust. Rambler.

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. Held in trust; as, trust property; trustmoney.
3. 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.

4. To have trust; to be credulous; to be won to confidence; to confide.
   
   

   More to know could not be more to trust. Shak.

5. 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.
6. 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.
7. To give credence to; to believe; to credit.
   
   

   Trust me, you look well. Shak.

8. To be confident, as of something future; to hope.
   
   

   I will trust and not be afraid. Isa. xii. 2.

9. 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.
10. 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.

11. 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.

12. 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.

13. That which is committed or intrusted to one; something received in confidence; charge; deposit.
14. 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.

15. 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.

16. 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.

17. That upon which confidence is reposed; ground of reliance; hope.
    
    

    O Lord God, thou art my trust from my youth. Ps. lxxi. 5.

18. 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.
19. 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.
20. To risk; to venture confidently.
    
    

    [Beguiled] by thee
    to trust thee from my side. Milton.

21. An organization formed mainly for the purpose of regulating the supply and price of commodities, etc.; as, a sugar trust.
    
    
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    Syn. -- Confidence; belief; faith; hope; expectation.

    Trust deed (Law), a deed conveying property to a trustee, for some specific use.