/tɹʌst/, [t͡ʃʰɹ̥ʌst], /tɹɐst/
OriginFrom Middle English trust, trost (“trust, protection”). Long considered a borrowing from Old Norse traust (“confidence, help, protection”), from Proto-Germanic *traustą, but the root vocalism is incompatible, so trust has come to be considered a reflex of an unattested Old English *trust, from a rare zero-grade Proto-Germanic variant of the same root also attested in Middle High German getrüste (“host”). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *deru- (“be firm, hard, solid”). Akin to Danish trøst (“comfort, solace”), Saterland Frisian Traast (“comfort, solace”), West Frisian treast (“comfort, solace”), Dutch troost (“comfort, consolation”), German Trost (“comfort, consolation”), Gothic trausti (“alliance, pact”). Doublet of tryst. More at true, tree.
- countable, uncountableConfidence in or reliance on some person or quality.
“He needs to regain her trust if he is ever going to win her back.”
“to lose trust in someone”
“build up trust”
- countable, uncountableDependence upon something in the future; hope.
“Such trust have we through Christ.”
- countable, uncountableConfidence in the future payment for goods or services supplied; credit.
“I was out of cash, but the landlady let me have it on trust.”
- countable, uncountableThat which is committed or entrusted; something received in confidence; a charge.
- countable, uncountableThat upon which confidence is reposed; ground of reliance; hope.
“O Lord God, thou art my trust from my youth.”
- countable, rare, uncountableTrustworthiness, reliability.
- countable, uncountableThe condition or obligation of one to whom anything is confided; responsible charge or office.
“I do profess to be no less than I seem; to serve him truly that
will put me in trust”
“17th century, John Denham, Of Justice
Reward them well, if they observe their trust.”
- countable, uncountableThe confidence vested in a person who has legal ownership of a property to manage for the benefit of another.
“I put the house into my sister's trust.”
- countable, uncountableAn arrangement whereby property or money is given to be held by a third party (a trustee), on the basis that it will be managed for the benefit of, or eventually transferred to, a stated beneficiary; for example, money to be given to a child when he or she reaches adulthood.
- countable, uncountableA group of businessmen or traders organised for mutual benefit to produce and distribute specific commodities or services, and managed by a central body of trustees.
- countable, uncountableAffirmation of the access rights of a user of a computer system.
- transitiveTo place confidence in, to rely on, to confide in.
“We cannot trust anyone who deceives us.”
“If I live to see it, I will never trust his word after.”
“He that trusts without reserve will at last be deceived.”
- intransitiveTo have faith in; to rely on for continuing support or aid.
“In God We Trust”
“Trust in me, just in me / Shut your eyes and trust in me”
- transitiveTo give credence to; to believe; to credit.
“Trust me, you looke well.”
- transitiveTo hope confidently; to believe (usually with a phrase or infinitive clause as the object)
“I trust you have cleaned your room?”
“I trust to come unto you, and speak face to face.”
“We trust we have a good conscience.”
- transitiveto show confidence in a person by entrusting them with something.
“Whom, with your power and fortune, sir, you trust, Now to suspect is vain.”
- transitiveTo commit, as to one's care; to entrust.
“Merchants were not willing to trust precious cargoes to any custody but that of a man-of-war.”
- transitiveTo give credit to; to sell to upon credit, or in confidence of future payment.
“Merchants and manufacturers trust their customers annually with goods.”
- intransitive, with-toTo rely on (something), as though having trust (on it).
“to trust to luck”
“Having lost the book, he had to trust to his memory for further details.”
- archaic, transitiveTo risk; to venture confidently.
“[Beguiled] by thee to trust thee from my side.”
- intransitiveTo have trust; to be credulous; to be won to confidence; to confide.
“More ſhould I queſtion thee, and more I muſt, / Though more to know, could not be more to truſt: […]”
“I will trust and not be afraid.”
- archaic, intransitiveTo sell or deliver anything in reliance upon a promise of payment; to give credit.
- abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, slangEllipsis of trust me, often used sarcastically or self-mockingly.
“You'll get your money back bro, trust.”
“P.S. Capitalizing MINORITY really doesn't help your cause bruh. Trust.”
- obsoleteSecure, safe.
- obsoleteFaithful, dependable.
- of or relating to a trust.
Formstrusts(plural) · trusts(present, singular, third-person) · trusting(participle, present) · trusted(participle, past) · trusted(past) · trust(infinitive) · trust(first-person, present, singular) · trusted(first-person, past, singular) · trust(present, second-person, singular) · trustest(archaic, present, second-person, singular) · trusted(past, second-person, singular) · trustedst(archaic, past, second-person, singular) · trusteth(archaic, present, singular, third-person) · trusted(past, singular, third-person) · trust(plural, present) · trusted(past, plural) · trust(present, subjunctive) · trusted(past, subjunctive) · trust(imperative, present) · -(imperative, past)