Trust (?), n. [OE. trust,
trost, Icel. traust confidence, security; akin to Dan. & Sw.
tröst 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.
Trust, a. Held in trust; as,
trust property; trustmoney.
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.
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.
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.
Trust (?), n. [OE. trust,
trost, Icel. traust confidence, security; akin to Dan. & Sw.
tröst 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.
Trust, a. Held in trust; as,
trust property; trustmoney.
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.
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.
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.