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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.
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- Merchants were not willing to trust precious cargoes to any custody but that of a man-of-war.
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- (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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mandate
English
Etymology
Noun is borrowed from Latin mand?tum (“a charge, order, command, commission, injunction”), neut of. mand?tus, past participle of mand?re (“to commit to one's charge, order, command, commission, literally to put into one's hands”), from manus (“hand”) + dare (“to put”). Compare command, commend, demand, remand.
The verb is from the noun.
Pronunciation
- Noun
- IPA(key): /?mæn.de?t/
- Verb
- IPA(key): /?mæn.de?t/, /mæn?de?t/
Noun
mandate (plural mandates)
- (Can we clean up(+) this sense?) An official or authoritative command; an order or injunction; a commission; a judicial precept.
- (politics) The authority to do something, as granted to a politician by the electorate.
- 2002, Leroy G. Dorsey, The Presidency and Rhetorical Leadership, Texas A&M University Press (?ISBN), page 30
- John Tyler and James K. Polk both regarded the election results as a mandate for the annexation of Texas.
- 2002, Leroy G. Dorsey, The Presidency and Rhetorical Leadership, Texas A&M University Press (?ISBN), page 30
- A papal rescript.
- (Canada) A period during which a government is in power.
Translations
Verb
mandate (third-person singular simple present mandates, present participle mandating, simple past and past participle mandated)
- to authorize
- to make mandatory
Derived terms
Translations
Further reading
- mandate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- mandate in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
French
Pronunciation
- Homophones: mandatent, mandates
Verb
mandate
- first-person singular present indicative of mandater
- third-person singular present indicative of mandater
- first-person singular present subjunctive of mandater
- second-person singular imperative of mandater
Italian
Noun
mandate f
- plural of mandata
Verb
mandate
- second-person plural present of mandare
- second-person plural imperative of mandare
- feminine plural past participle of mandare
Anagrams
- damante
Latin
Participle
mand?te
- vocative masculine singular of mand?tus
Spanish
Verb
mandate
- First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of mandatar.
- Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of mandatar.
- Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of mandatar.
- Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of mandatar.
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