What is the meaning of trust?

noun

• Something (as property) held by one party (the trustee. for the benefit of another (the beneficiary))
  • usage: "he is the beneficiary of a generous trust set up by his father"
• Certainty based on past experience.
  • usage: "he wrote the paper with considerable reliance on the work of other scientists"; "he put more trust in his own two legs than in the gun"
  • synonyms: reliance
• The trait of believing in the honesty and reliability of others.
  • usage: "the experience destroyed his trust and personal dignity"
  • synonyms: trustingness, trustfulness
• A consortium of independent organizations formed to limit competition by controlling the production and distribution of a product or service.
  • usage: "they set up the trust in the hope of gaining a monopoly"
  • synonyms: corporate trust, combine, cartel
• Complete confidence in a person or plan etc.
  • usage: "he cherished the faith of a good woman"; "the doctor-patient relationship is based on trust"
  • synonyms: faith
• A trustful relationship.
  • usage: "he took me into his confidence"; "he betrayed their trust"
  • synonyms: confidence

verb

• Have confidence or faith in.
  • usage: "We can trust in God"; "Rely on your friends"; "bank on your good education"; "I swear by my grandmother's recipes"
  • synonyms: swear, rely, bank
• Allow without fear.
• Be confident about something.
  • usage: "I believe that he will come back from the war"
  • synonyms: believe
• Expect and wish.
  • usage: "I trust you will behave better from now on"; "I hope she understands that she cannot expect a raise"
  • synonyms: hope, desire
• Confer a trust upon.
  • usage: "The messenger was entrusted with the general's secret"; "I commit my soul to God"
  • synonyms: entrust, intrust, confide, commit
• Extend credit to.
  • usage: "don't trust my ex-wife; I won't pay her debts anymore"