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[trʌst], (Noun)
Definitions:
- firm belief in the reliability, truth, or ability of someone or something
(e.g: relations have to be built on trust)
- an arrangement whereby a person (a trustee) holds property as its nominal owner for the good of one or more beneficiaries
(e.g: a trust was set up)
- a large company that has or attempts to gain monopolistic control of a market
- commercial credit
(e.g: my master lived on trust at an alehouse)
- a hope or expectation
(e.g: all the great trusts of womanhood)
Phrases:
- not trust someone as far as one can throw them
- trust someone to —
Origin
:
Middle English: from Old Norse traust, from traustr ‘strong’; the verb from Old Norse treysta, assimilated to the noun
[trʌst], (Verb)
Definitions:
- believe in the reliability, truth, or ability of
(e.g: I should never have trusted her)
- allow credit to (a customer)
(e.g: all persons are forbid to trust sailors)
Phrases:
- not trust someone as far as one can throw them
- trust someone to —
Origin
:
Middle English: from Old Norse traust, from traustr ‘strong’; the verb from Old Norse treysta, assimilated to the noun
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