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expectancy
English
Etymology
expectant +? -cy or expect +? -ancy
Noun
expectancy (countable and uncountable, plural expectancies)
- Expectation or anticipation; the state of expecting something.
- 1599, John Hayward, The First Part of the Life and Raigne of King Henrie IIII. Extending to the end of the first yeare of his raigne, London: John Woolfe, p. 39,[1]
- […] the Dukes dissembled their feares, and dissolued their forces, and remained in expectancie what would ensue.
- 1651, John Milton, The Life and Reigne of King Charls, London: W. Reybold, p. 110,[2]
- If you foresee not this misery, and the fatall consequence which necessarily must follow such a turn of Fortune, I must leave you to your own will and expectancy […]
- 1735, Alexander Pope, Mr. Pope’s Literary Correspondence, London: E. Curll, Volume 2, “The Feast of Trimalchio, Imitaded,” pp. 42-43,[3]
- […] this is generally thought to represent the Vices of Nero, who […] did from the highest Expectancy become a stubborn and a foolish Tyrant.
- 1847, Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre, Chapter 34,[4]
- Renewed hope followed renewed effort: it shone like the former for some weeks, then, like it, it faded, flickered: not a line, not a word reached me. When half a year wasted in vain expectancy, my hope died out, and then I felt dark indeed.
- 1912, Saki, “The Match-Maker” in The Chronicles of Clovis, London: John Lane, p. 23,[5]
- Six minutes later Clovis approached the supper-table, in the blessed expectancy of one who has dined sketchily and long ago.
- 1599, John Hayward, The First Part of the Life and Raigne of King Henrie IIII. Extending to the end of the first yeare of his raigne, London: John Woolfe, p. 39,[1]
- The state of being expected. (The addition of quotations indicative of this usage is being sought:)
- (obsolete) Something expected or awaited.
- c. 1600, William Shakespeare, Hamlet, Act III, Scene 1,[6]
- O, what a noble mind is here o’erthrown!
- The courtier’s, scholar’s, soldier’s, eye, tongue, sword,
- Th’ expectancy and rose of the fair state […]
- 1791, John Trusler, The Habitable World Described, London, for the author, Volume 10, Chapter 9, p. 157,[7]
- […] Frederic II. King of Prussia, in consequence of an expectancy granted to the house of Brandenburg, by the Emperor Leopold in 1604, took possession of East Friezland […]
- c. 1600, William Shakespeare, Hamlet, Act III, Scene 1,[6]
Synonyms
- expectingness (rare)
Derived terms
- life expectancy
Translations
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trust
English
Etymology
From Middle English truste (“trust, protection”), from Old Norse traust (“confidence, help, protection”), from Proto-Germanic *traust?, from Proto-Indo-European *drowsdom, from Proto-Indo-European *deru- (“be firm, hard, solid”).
Akin to Danish trøst, tröst (“trust”), Saterland Frisian Traast (“comfort, solace”), West Frisian treast (“comfort, solace”), Dutch troost (“comfort, consolation”), German Trost (“comfort, consolation”), Gothic trausti (trausti, “alliance, pact”). More at true, tree.
Pronunciation
- enPR: tr?st, IPA(key): /tr?st/, [t??st], [t??st], [t???-]
- (Northern England) IPA(key): /tr?st/
- Rhymes: -?st
Noun
trust (countable and uncountable, plural trusts)
- Confidence in or reliance on some person or quality.
- taking things upon trust.
- 1671, John Milton, Samson Agonistes
- O ever-failing trust / In mortal strength!
- Dependence upon something in the future; hope.
- Confidence in the future payment for goods or services supplied; credit.
- That which is committed or entrusted; something received in confidence; a charge.
- That upon which confidence is reposed; ground of reliance; hope.
- (rare) Trustworthiness, reliability.
- The condition or obligation of one to whom anything is confided; responsible charge or office.
- 17th century, John Denham, Of Justice
- Reward them well, if they observe their trust.
- 17th century, John Denham, Of Justice
- (law) The confidence vested in a person who has legal ownership of a property to manage for the benefit of another.
- (law) An arrangement whereby property or money is given to be held by a third party (a trustee), on the basis that it will be managed for the benefit of, or eventually transferred to, a stated beneficiary; for example, money to be given to a child when he or she reaches adulthood.
- A group of businessmen or traders organised for mutual benefit to produce and distribute specific commodities or services, and managed by a central body of trustees.
- (computing) Affirmation of the access rights of a user of a computer system.
Synonyms
Antonyms
- distrust
- mistrust
- untrust
- wantrust
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
trust (third-person singular simple present trusts, present participle trusting, simple past and past participle trusted)
- (transitive) To place confidence in, to rely on, to confide in.
- c. 1597, William Shakespeare, Henry IV, Act I scene iv:
- I will never trust his word after.
- October 5, 1751, Samuel Johnson, The Rambler No. 162
- He that trusts without reserve will at last be deceived.
- c. 1597, William Shakespeare, Henry IV, Act I scene iv:
- (intransitive, with in) To have faith in; to rely on for continuing support or aid.
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- (transitive) To give credence to; to believe; to credit.
- (transitive) 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.
- We trust we have a good conscience.
- (transitive) to show confidence in a person by entrusting them with something.
- (transitive) To commit, as to one's care; to entrust.
- .
- Merchants were not willing to trust precious cargoes to any custody but that of a man-of-war.
- .
- (transitive) To give credit to; to sell to upon credit, or in confidence of future payment.
- (intransitive, followed by to) To rely on (something), as though having trust (on it).
- (archaic, transitive) To risk; to venture confidently.
- (intransitive) To have trust; to be credulous; to be won to confidence; to confide.
- I will trust and not be afraid.
- (archaic, intransitive) To sell or deliver anything in reliance upon a promise of payment; to give credit.
Antonyms
- distrust
- mistrust
Derived terms
Translations
Adjective
trust (comparative more trust, superlative most trust)
- (obsolete) Secure, safe.
- (obsolete) Faithful, dependable.
- (law) of or relating to a trust.
Anagrams
- strut, sturt
French
Etymology
From English trust.
Pronunciation
- (France, Quebec) IPA(key): /t?œst/
Noun
trust m (plural trusts)
- a trust (a group of businessmen or traders)
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from English trust.
Noun
trust m (invariable)
- trust (group of people)
Derived terms
- trust di cervelli (“brains trust”)
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from English trust.
Noun
trust m (plural trusts)
- (finance) trust
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