Definition of trust

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Trust (n.) 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..

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Administration :: Administration (n.) The executive part of government; the persons collectively who are intrusted with the execution of laws and the superintendence of public affairs; the chief magistrate and his cabinet or council; or the council, or ministry, alone, as in Great Britain..
Abdicate :: Abdicate (v. t.) To renounce; to relinquish; -- said of authority, a trust, duty, right, etc..
Agent :: Agent (n.) One who acts for, or in the place of, another, by authority from him; one intrusted with the business of another; a substitute; a deputy; a factor..
Trusty :: Trusty (superl.) Involving trust; as, a trusty business..
Misween :: Misween (v. i.) To ween amiss; to misjudge; to distrust; to be mistaken.
Embassy :: Embassy (n.) The public function of an ambassador; the charge or business intrusted to an ambassador or to envoys; a public message to; foreign court concerning state affairs; hence, any solemn message..
Traitress :: Traitress (n.) A woman who betrays her country or any trust; a traitoress.
Commission :: Commission (n.) The act of intrusting; a charge; instructions as to how a trust shall be executed.
Suspection :: Suspectful (a.) Apt to suspect or mistrust; full of suspicion; suspicious; as, to be suspectful of the motives of others..
Self-trust :: Self-trust (n.) Faith in one's self; self-reliance.
Garnishee :: Garnishee (v. t.) To attach (the fund or property sought to be secured by garnishment); to trustee.
Barratry :: Barratry (n.) A fraudulent breach of duty or willful act of known illegality on the part of a master of a ship, in his character of master, or of the mariners, to the injury of the owner of the ship or cargo, and without his consent. It includes every breach of trust committed with dishonest purpose, as by running away with the ship, sinking or deserting her, etc., or by embezzling the cargo..
Mistruster :: Mistruster (n.) One who mistrusts.
Insecure :: Insecure (a.) Not secure; not confident of safety or permanence; distrustful; suspicious; apprehensive of danger or loss.
Visit :: Visit (v. t.) The act of going to view or inspect; an official or formal inspection; examination; visitation; as, the visit of a trustee or inspector..
Charge :: Charge (v. t.) To lay on or impose, as a task, duty, or trust; to command, instruct, or exhort with authority; to enjoin; to urge earnestly; as, to charge a jury; to charge the clergy of a diocese; to charge an agent..
Credit :: Credit (v. t.) To confide in the truth of; to give credence to; to put trust in; to believe.
Trust :: Trust (n.) Assured anticipation; dependence upon something future or contingent, as if present or actual; hope; belief..
Minister :: Minister (n.) One to whom the sovereign or executive head of a government intrusts the management of affairs of state, or some department of such affairs..
Intrust :: Intrust (v. t.) To deliver (something) to another in trust; to deliver to (another) something in trust; to commit or surrender (something) to another with a certain confidence regarding his care, use, or disposal of it; as, to intrust a servant with one's money or intrust money or goods to a servant..
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