A legal arrangement in which title to property(or funds) is vested in one or more trustees whomanage the property (or invest the funds) onbehalf of the trust’s beneficiaries, in accordancewith instructions set forth in the documentestablishing the trust.

Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
trust (noun)
1.
a) reliance on the character, ability, strength, or truth of someone or something - assured
b) one in which confidence is placed
2.
a) dependence on something future or - contingent hope
b) reliance on future payment for property (as merchandise) delivered - credit bought furniture on trust
3.
a) a property held by one person for the benefit of another - interest
b) a combination of firms or corporations formed by a legal agreement , especially one that reduces or threatens to reduce competition
4.
archaic - trustworthiness
5.
a) (1) a charge or duty imposed in faith or confidence or as a condition of some relationship
(2) something committed or entrusted to one to be used or cared for in the interest of another
b) responsible or office - charge
c) - care custody the child committed to her trust
trust (verb)
intransitive verb
1.
a) to place - confidence depend trust in God trust to luck
b) to be confident - hope
2.
transitive verb
to sell or on credit - deliver
1.
a) to commit or place in one's care or keeping - entrust
b) to permit to stay or go or to do something without fear or - misgiving
2.
a) to rely on the truthfulness or accuracy of - believe trust a rumor
b) to place confidence in rely on - a friend you can trust
c) to hope or expect confidently - trusts that the problem will be resolved soon
3.
to extend credit to
Merriam-Webster Online Thesaurus
trust (noun)
1.
firm belief in the integrity, ability, effectiveness, or genuineness of someone or something
SYNONYMS:
confidence, credence, faith, stock
RELATED WORDS:
acceptance, assurance, assuredness, certainty, certitude, conviction, positiveness, sureness, surety; credit, dependence ( dependance), hope, reliance
NEAR ANTONYMS:
disbelief, incredulity, unbelief; distrustfulness, doubt, dubiety, dubiousness, incertitude, misdoubt, misgiving, mistrustfulness, nonconfidence, skepticism, suspicion, uncertainness, uncertainty; disenchantment, disillusion, disillusionment
distrust, mistrust
trust (noun)
2.
a number of businesses or enterprises united for commercial advantage
SYNONYMS:
combination, combine, syndicate, trust
RELATED WORDS:
chain, conglomerate, megacorporation, multinational; association, guild ( gild), organization, partnership, pool, union; big business
trust (noun)
3.
responsibility for the safety and well-being of someone or something
SYNONYMS:
care, custodianship, guardianship, keeping, safekeeping, trust, ward
RELATED WORDS:
control, governorship, hand(s), management, superintendence, supervision
trust (noun)
4.
the right to take possession of goods before paying for them
SYNONYMS:
trust
RELATED WORDS:
installment plan, layaway; charge account, credit line
trust (verb)
1.
to give a task, duty, or responsibility to
SYNONYMS:
assign, charge, commission, task, trust
RELATED WORDS:
confer, impose; commit, confide, consign, delegate, recommend, relegate, repose; allocate, allot; authorize, empower, invest
trust (verb)
2.
to put (something) into the possession or safekeeping of another
SYNONYMS:
commend, commit, confide, consign, delegate, deliver, entrust ( intrust), give over, hand, hand over, leave, pass, recommend, repose, transfer, transmit, trust, turn over, vest
RELATED WORDS:
confer, grant; assign, deal (out), dispense, disperse, distribute, divide; hand in, release, relinquish, submit, surrender, turn in, yield; bequeath, hand down, hand on, will; advance, lend, loan; furnish, supply; recommit, redeliver, regive, retransfer, retransmit
NEAR ANTONYMS:
detain, hold back, reserve, withhold; own, possess; accept, receive, take in; occupy, take, take over
hold, keep, retain
trust (verb)
3.
to regard as right or true
SYNONYMS:
accept, buy, credit, swallow, take, trust
RELATED WORDS:
account, accredit, understand; assume, presume, suppose; conclude, deduce, infer
NEAR ANTONYMS:
distrust, doubt, misdoubt, mistrust, question, suspect; challenge, dispute
disbelieve, discredit, reject
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