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stint
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /st?nt/
- Rhymes: -?nt
Etymology 1
From Middle English stinten, from Old English styntan (“to make blunt”) and *stintan (attested in ?stintan (“to make dull, stint, assuage”)), from Proto-Germanic *stuntijan? and Proto-Germanic *stintan? (“to make short”), probably influenced in some senses by cognate Old Norse *stynta, stytta (“to make short, shorten”).
Verb
stint (third-person singular simple present stints, present participle stinting, simple past and past participle stinted)
- (archaic, intransitive) To stop (an action); cease, desist.
- 1460-1500, The Towneley Plays?
- We maun have pain that never shall stint.
- 1460-1500, The Towneley Plays?
- (obsolete, intransitive) To stop speaking or talking (of a subject).
- Late 14th century, Geoffrey Chaucer, ‘The Franklin's Tale’, Canterbury Tales:
- Now wol I stynten of this Arveragus, / And speken I wole of Dorigen his wyf
- Late 14th century, Geoffrey Chaucer, ‘The Franklin's Tale’, Canterbury Tales:
- (intransitive) To be sparing or mean.
- Synonym: skimp
- (transitive) To restrain within certain limits; to bound; to restrict to a scant allowance.
- 1695, John Woodward, An Essay toward a Natural History of the Earth and Terrestrial Bodies
- I shall not in the least go about to extenuate the Latitude of it: or to stint it only to the Produ?tion of Weeds, of Thorns, Thisiles, and other the less useful Kinds of Plants
- 1729, William Law, A Serious Call to a Devout and Holy Life
- She stints them in their meals.
- 1695, John Woodward, An Essay toward a Natural History of the Earth and Terrestrial Bodies
- To assign a certain task to (a person), upon the performance of which he/she is excused from further labour for that day or period; to stent.
- (of mares) To impregnate successfully; to get with foal.
- 1861, John Henry Walsh, The Horse, in the Stable and the Field
- The majority of maiden mares will become stinted while at work.
- 1861, John Henry Walsh, The Horse, in the Stable and the Field
Translations
Noun
stint (plural stints)
- A period of time spent doing or being something; a spell.
- Limit; bound; restraint; extent.
- God has wrote upon no created thing the utmost stint of his power.
- Quantity or task assigned; proportion allotted.
- 1779, William Cowper, Retirement
- His old stint — three thousand pounds a year.
- 1779, William Cowper, Retirement
Translations
Etymology 2
Origin unknown.
Noun
stint (plural stints)
- Any of several very small wading birds in the genus Calidris. Types of sandpiper, such as the dunlin or the sanderling.
Translations
Etymology 3
Noun
stint (plural stints)
- Misspelling of stent (medical device).
Anagrams
- 'tisn't, it'sn't, tints
Westrobothnian
Alternative forms
- stunt
- stänt
- stejnt
- stönt
- stant
Etymology
Related to stött (“short,”) stynt (“to shorten.”)
Noun
stint f (definite & vocative stinta, vocative plural stinte)
- A girl, i.e. an unmarried woman.
Declension
Synonyms
- gänt
- täus
Derived terms
- gamstint
- gjetarstint
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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.
- ? official US motto
- (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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