Syn. — Confidence; belief; faith; hope; expectation. Trust deed (Law), a deed conveying property to a trustee, for some specific use.
TRUST
Trust, a.
Defn: Held in trust; as, trust property; trustmoney.
TRUST
Trust, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Trusted; p. pr. & vb. n. Trusting.] Etym:
[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.