α. Middle English–1600s truste, Middle English– trust.
β. Middle English–1600s trost, Middle English troste.
trustn.
/trʌst/, U.S. /trəst/ 1. † b. With possessive adjective: a person in whom or thing in which confidence is placed; an object or source of trust. Obsolete.
a. Firm belief in the reliability, truth, or ability of someone or something; confidence or faith in a person or thing, or in an attribute of a person or thing. Chiefly with in (formerly also †of, †on, †upon, †to, †unto).
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the mind > mental capacity > belief > belief, trust, confidence > [noun]
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levenessc1400
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credulity?a1439
trustingc1450
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confidency1606
confidingness1682
α.
β. a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Isa. xxxi. 1 Hauende trost [a1425 L.V. trist] vpon foure horsid carres.a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Prov. iii. 5 Haue trost in the Lord, of al thin herte. Promptorium Parvulorum (Harl. 221) 503 Troste, confidencia, fiducia.a1441 J. Maryot in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) II. 8 I seyd it nowt to you for [no] bade trost þat I haue in you.a1450 (c1410) H. Lovelich Hist. Holy Grail xiii. l. 439 (MED) An Old knyht to him thanne gan he Calle, That was bothe ful trewe & hardy, And to him thanne for riht gret trost The passage he be-tok.1648 W. Bellenden Let. 9 July in S. R. Gardiner Hamilton Papers (1880) 228 The trost reposid in me bi your Lope.a1200 MS Trin. Cambr. in R. Morris Old Eng. Homilies (1873) 2nd Ser. 107 (MED) Sum godes giue is bigunnen alse rihte leue and furðreð alse trust.
a1250 Ureisun ure Louerde (Lamb.) in R. Morris Old Eng. Homilies (1868) 1st Ser. 187 As mi trust is þer to hit beo mi lechunge.
c1330 (?c1300) Guy of Warwick (Auch.) l. 7242 He a lappe rent out anon Of his brini, þat alle his trust was on.
c1425 J. Lydgate Troyyes Bk. (Augustus A.iv) iv. l. 4391 For now her trust of knyȝthod was a-way, Her worþi men slay[e]n, weillaway!
1484 W. Caxton tr. Subtyl Historyes & Fables Esope i. f. Cvjv He is wel a fole that setteth his hope and truste in a woman.
1505 F. Marsin et al. Rep. Ferdinand of Arragon in J. Gairdner Historia Regis Henrici Septimi (1858) 275 Don Fernando of Aragon hathe no confidens nor trust un to the Kynge of Romaynes.
1569 R. Grafton Chron. II. 251 I haue such trust in you..: and on the otherside I haue such trust in the king.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Winter's Tale (1623) iv. iv. 596 Ha, ha, what a Foole Honestie is? and Trust (his sworne brother) a very simple Gentleman. View more context for this quotation
1660 R. Allestree Gentlemans Calling 82 They place that trust in riches, which they should repose only in the living God.
1726 Bp. J. Butler 15 Serm. xiv. 279 To see and know and feel that our Trust was not vain.
1768 A. Tucker Light of Nature Pursued II. iii. 59 A trust in God is the grand corner stone of all Religion.
1823 W. Scott Quentin Durward II. iii. 56 The honour and trust which were about to be reposed in him.
1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps i. xix. 134 We had..to get round overhanging ledges, where our main trust was in our feet.
1945 Life 6 Aug. 24/3 A lack of trust in the good sense of the American people.
2001 A. Shakar Savage Girl 173 I've gained their trust.
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the mind > mental capacity > belief > belief, trust, confidence > [noun] > object of
truenesslOE
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honour system1893
a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) iii. l. 281 (MED) O thou my sorwe and my gladnesse, O thou myn hele and my siknesse, O my wanhope and al my trust..For thee mot I be ded algate.
c1436 Duke Burgundy (Rome) l. 86 in R. H. Robbins Hist. Poems 14th & 15th Cent. (1959) 89 (MED) A gretter shame at sege gat hym neuer knyght, fforto see thy bastyle be stroied by goddes myght—It was thy grete trust and chief ordenance.
1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection i. sig. Ciiv Let hym be all your trust.
1560 Bible (Geneva) Psalms xl. 4 Blessed is the man, that maketh the Lord his trust.
1645 J. Wells Anchor of Hope 155 Let that God..be my trust, who purposes such love.
1661 E. Burrough Gen. Epist. All Saints 3 The Lord God..alone will be your trust and confidence, and your glory.
1753 tr. A. Frey True & Authentic Acct. 71 His Love is my Joy, his Resurrection is my Trust.
1819 Ld. Byron Don Juan: Canto II cc. 219 Treachery is all their trust.
1865 W. C. Bryant in J. G. Shea Lincoln Memorial vi. 205 The sword of power—a nation's trust.
1903 H. C. Trumbull Shoes & Rations for Long March xiv. 339 What is your trust this hour? What gives you comfort in sorrow?
c. to take on (also upon) trust (formerly also †to take up in (also upon) trust †to receive in trust and variants): to believe or accept a statement, story, etc., without seeking verification or evidence for it.
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the mind > mental capacity > belief > belief, trust, confidence > act of convincing, conviction > bring to belief, convince [verb (transitive)] > be convinced, swallow
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to take on trust1590
swallow1594
to take up1617
to take upon content1646
to take in1823
1590 Remonstrance iv. 85 Those that take vp all of trust, are forced often to lye by it.
1641 E. Nicholas Let. 10 Aug. in Papers (1886) I. 4 Being constrayned to take upp all my intelligence concerning Parliament affaires upon trust.
1642 J. Howell The Vote 5 Scribling Pamphletors..thrust Lame things upon the world, t'ane up in trust.
1645 J. Howell Epistolæ Ho-elianæ i. xxxix. 78 Ey-witnesses of those things which other receive but in trust.
1739 D. Hume Treat. Human Nature I. Introd. 2 Principles taken upon trust, consequences lamely deduced from them.
1797 W. Godwin Enquirer i. vi. 36 Inquisitive and active spirits are little inclined to take any thing upon trust.
1823 Ld. Byron Wks. XI. App. 80 That numerous body who take things on trust.
1868 J. Martineau Ess., Philos. & Theol. in Writings II. 98 The critic..must..take what is set before him on trust.
1903 A. Conan Doyle in Public Press (New Albany, Indiana) 20 Oct. Take nothing upon trust in business.
1966 N. Gordimer Late Bourgeois World 27 He has to take on trust what he is told.
2000 W. Self How Dead Live (2001) viii. 195 I simply took it on trust.
2. The quality or condition of being trustworthy; loyalty; reliability; trustworthiness.
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society > morality > duty or obligation > recognition of duty > faithfulness or trustworthiness > [noun]
truthOE
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trueshipa1225
trueness?c1225
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faithfulnessc1400
loyaltyc1400
tristiness1408
trustinessc1450
confiance1490
fealty?1515
surety?c1535
loyalness1592
troth-keeping1605
true-heartedness1608
confidence1642
trustworthiness1662
responsibleness1706
dependence1752
reliability1810
trustihood1823
faithworthiness1828
reliableness1841
dependableness1860
dependability1901
c1300 St. Nicholas (Laud) l. 141 in C. Horstmann Early S.-Eng. Legendary (1887) 244 Þe schipmen ope truste of is word wel largeliche him mete.
a1470 T. Malory Morte Darthur (Winch. Coll. 13) (1990) III. 1240 Comforte thyselff..and do as well as thou mayste, for in me ys no truste for to truste in.
1490 W. Caxton tr. Foure Sonnes of Aymon (1885) vii. 166 There ys noo truste in hym, And therfore I wyll kepe me from hym.
1519 W. Horman Vulgaria vii. f. 77* Thys felowe is a tryfullar, leude, of no truste, or reputacion.
a1593 C. Marlowe Edward II (1594) sig. F4 Our friend Lewne, faithfull and full of trust.
1620 T. May Heire (1622) iii. sig. Div Well I beleeue thee wench, and will reward Thy trust in this.
1695 M. Prior To the King, An Ode sig. A2 Fair Albion shall with watchful Trust, Her Holy Queen's sad Reliques guard.
1754 Ladies Chronologer 21 How should a Man be regarded that..is more a fallacious Busy-Body than Man of Trust and Probity?
1790 R. Bacon Misc. Pieces 74 ****'s gallant sons, with faithful trust, The relics of their chief shall guard.
1821 Ld. Byron Marino Faliero (2nd issue) ii. i. 53 You have done well.—I thank you for that trust.
1850 R. Bell Ladder of Gold III. v. iv. 78 If there was deceit in her, then the angels are impure, and there is no trust in anything human.
1911 J. E. Stuart Educ. Catholic Girls xiv. 231 People of trust whose character is equal to their responsibilities.
2010 A. Calderbank tr. Y. al-Mohaimeed Munira's Bottle xii. 62 Even my religious brother was taken in by Ali al-Dahhal, and saw him to be a man of trust and reliability.
3. Confident expectation of something; hope. Also occasionally: an instance of this. Frequently with †of or that-clause. Now rare.
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the mind > mental capacity > expectation > hope > confident hope, trust > [noun]
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affiancec1460
confiance1490
confidency1606
securitya1620
a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) I. vii. lxix. 437 He [sc. a phisician] hotiþ to alle men hope and trust of recoueringe and of hele.
c1405 (c1395) G. Chaucer Clerk's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) Envoy l. 5 No wedded man so hardy be tassaille His wyues pacience in trust to fynde Grisildis, for in certein he shal faille.
a1450 (?1409) St. Patrick's Purgatory (Royal) 74 Alas..mekill people in the world synneth in trust of goddis mercy.
c1475 Mankind (1969) l. 854 (MED) Be ware of weyn confidens of mercy; Offend not a prince on trust of hys fauour.
1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. f. ix/2 They were all the weeke, without heryng of any worde of the scottis, vpon trust they shulde repasse agayn into theyr owne countreis.
1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry IV f. xxviii This prince was sent thither, in trust of sauegard, in hope of refuge.
1623 Bp. J. Hall Contempl. VII. O.T. xviii. 144 She must part with her present food, which she saw, in trust of future which she could not see.
1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost ii. 46 His trust was with th' Eternal to be deem'd Equal in strength. View more context for this quotation
1725 J. Strype Ann. Reformation (ed. 2) II. i. xiii. 124 His Trust was, that he would remit a great Part of that Penance for that Day.
a1788 W. J. Mickle Siege of Marseilles iv, in Poems & Trag. (1794) 305 Safe in the deepest thicket of the wood, My Spouse, in trust of my return, delays her.
1864 J. Martineau Ess., Rev., & Addr. (1891) IV. 563 The trusts of eighteen centuries and the sighs and hopes of more.
1875 C. H. Spurgeon Metrop. Tabernacle Pulpit XX. 159 Your trust is that you shall die triumphantly, and rise rejoicingly.
1903 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Nov. 696/1 The confident trust that..some heaven-born genius will arise.
1941 C. W. Tobey Let. 17 Apr. in C. A. Beard President Roosevelt (1948) iii. 91 Their..trust that we shall keep faith with them and keep them out of the war.
4. † a. Law. The confidence or faith placed in a person or persons into whose possession assets, property, etc., are put, to be held or administered for the benefit of another. Chiefly in upon trust. Obsolete.
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society > law > transfer of property > settlement of property > [noun] > putting property into trust > trust reposed in person holding property
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confidence1528
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1415 in F. J. Furnivall Fifty Earliest Eng. Wills (1882) 24 (MED) The forsaide Thomas requyreth his feoffes that they perforne..for all the trust that he hath yn hem.
1442 Rolls of Parl.: Henry VI (Electronic ed.) Parl. Jan. 1442 §29. m. 5 The seid feffees have no title ner interesse therynne, but only upon trust, and to his use, to execute his wille.
1528–30 tr. T. Littleton Tenures (new ed.) iii. f. xxxviiiiv Yf a man enfeoffe an other in his lande upon truste.
1628 E. Coke 1st Pt. Inst. Lawes Eng. iii. viii. f. 272v An Vse is a Trust or Confidence reposed in some other.
1799 J. J. Powell Treat. Law Mortgages (ed. 4) iv. 102 If he should die without issue male, having one or more daughters, then to the use of trustees for five hundred years, upon trust to raise 5000l. for such daughter.
1827 T. Jarman Powell's Ess. Learning of Devises (ed. 3) II. 337 A testatrix gave to trustees certain bank stock, upon trust to pay the dividends to her daughter M. for life.
b. A legal arrangement whereby assets, property, etc., are put in the possession of a trustee or trustees to be held or administered for the benefit of another; assets, property, etc., held in this way. Cf. trust fund n. Formerly also: a trustee; the role of a trustee.See also blind trust n. at blind adj. Compounds, discretionary trust n. at discretionary adj. and adv. Compounds, passive trust n. at passive adj. and n. Compounds, resulting trust n. at resulting adj. Compounds.
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society > law > transfer of property > settlement of property > [noun] > putting property into trust
trust1641
cestui que use1642
society > law > transfer of property > settlement of property > [noun] > putting property into trust > a trustee or body of trustees
fiduciary1631
trustee1636
trust1641
trust man1774
trust officer1836
society > law > transfer of property > settlement of property > [noun] > putting property into trust > a trustee or body of trustees > position or relation of
trust1641
trusteeship1692
trusteeship1827
1641 Act for Reducing Rebels 17 Chas. I sig. B3 If any person or persons whatsoever, that at any time hereafter shall be attainted for Treason..then all the Vses, Estates, and Trusts so limited..shall be forfeired unto His Majestie.
1712 R. Steele Spectator No. 402. ⁋3 I am in a Trust relating to this Lady's Fortune.
1797 A. M. Bennett Beggar Girl II. xvi. 301 Mr. Frazer and doctor Cameron were trusts to a will made a few years back.
1840 T. Hood Miss Kilmansegg iii, in New Monthly Mag. 60 403 It tipp'd the post-boy, and paid the trust.
1860 R. de N. Lucas Perils Trusts & Trustees 8 Trusts of any magnitude or importance are seldom vested in one person. It is usual in practice to nominate two or more trustees.
1930 Times 9 Jan. 35/4 The Kensington Estate has been bought..by the Audley Trust.
1980 V. S. Pritchett Tale Bearers 68 A beloved great-aunt made a substantial trust on his behalf which would make him independent for life.
2000 H. Hartog Man & Wife in Amer. vi. 170 She did what many wealthy widows..did: she set up a trust to which she conveyed all of the property she held as single woman.
5. † a. The state or condition of something which is put into the care or possession of someone. Only in in (also † on) trust. Obsolete.
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the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > care, protection, or charge > having care or custody (of) [phrase] > in condition of something put in another's care
in (also on) trust1425
1425 W. Paston in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) I. 3 Þe which procuracie and appelle I shal sende to yowr persone..with moneye onward on trust.
?1529 R. Hyrde tr. J. L. Vives Instr. Christen Woman i. x. sig. K.iv v Hit is to be taken hede of: that the woman, whom the mayde is put in trust to, haue no wanton sonnes, nor bredren.
1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene v. iv. sig. O8v To knights of great emprise The charge of Iustice giuen was in trust, That they might execute her iudgements wise. View more context for this quotation
1609 W. Shakespeare Pericles iii. 13 His sealed Commission left in trust with mee. View more context for this quotation
1664 S. Butler Hudibras: Second Pt. ii. i. 37 To make over In trust, your fortune to your Lover.
b. The state or condition of something which is put into the possession of a trustee or guardian, to be held or administered for the benefit of another. Only in in trust.In early use influenced by sense 4a.
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1663 R. Boyle Let. 20 Jan. in Corr. (2001) II. 60 I..made long agoe a Conveyance in Trust to Yourselfe, & some other friends of severall Lands.
1776 F. Grose Antiq. Eng. & Wales IV. 42 This castle and barony were only given to the bishop in trust for William the bastard above-mentioned.
1791 T. Paine Rights of Man i. 60 The parliament..is nevertheless supposed to hold the national purse in trust for the nation.
1827 T. Jarman Powell's Ess. Learning of Devises (ed. 3) II. ii. 17 A gift to a college, in trust for another charitable object.
1879 D. A. O'Sullivan Man. Govt. in Canada ii. 16 Each State..delegated certain powers to a Central Government, to be held and exercised by them in trust for the whole Union.
1930 D. L. Sayers Strong Poison xiv. 183 I have determined to put my property in Trust with you, so that you may have full power to handle everything according to your own discretion.
1971 K. Tynan Let. 26 Jan. (1994) vii. 483 A family business which he holds in trust for the Nation.
2009 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 23 June c7/4 Cultural institutions hold artifacts in trust for the public.
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a. The state or condition of having something committed to one's care or safekeeping, or of having confidence or faith placed in one; guardianship. In early use often in under trust, in trust: in the state or condition of being entrusted with something. Now somewhat rare.
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the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > care, protection, or charge > [noun] > entrusting to another's care or keeping > condition of being entrusted with something
trustc1449
c1449 R. Pecock Repressor (1860) 398 Tho that ben feffid in othere mennys londis iointli oonli, or ioyntli and deviseli vndir expressid trust, that thei do sum what therwith.
1460 W. Worcester in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) II. 204 Ye knowe wele how that my maister man-seruauntes were put in gretter truste.
1548 Hall's Vnion: Edward V f. xj I dare putte no persone earthely in truste with his kepyng, but my selfe onely.
1577 M. Hanmer tr. Socrates Scholasticus i. xxvi, in Aunc. Eccl. Hist. 252 He putteth the Priest..in trust with his testament.
1611 Bible (King James) 1 Thess. ii. 4 As we were allowed of God to bee put in trust with the Gospel. View more context for this quotation
1630 R. Norton tr. W. Camden Hist. Princesse Elizabeth ii. 37 Such letters I should neuer haue committed to Barkers trust.
1747 London Mag. Feb. 83/2 No one discharges the weighty Affairs committed to his Trust with more Punctuality or Ability.
1799 Missionary Voy. S. Pacific Ocean App. 318 On his accession, Oāmmo..left his wife..in trust with the reins of government for her son.
1808 W. Selwyn Abridgem. Law Nisi Prius II. xxi. 769 A devisee or executor in trust, who has acted, may be examined as a witness in support of the will.
1819 W. Scott Bride of Lammermoor iii, in Tales of my Landlord 3rd Ser. II. 59 The celebrated case of Sir Coolie Condiddle of Condiddle, who was tried for theft under trust.
1878 S. R. Ford Ernest Quest i. 18 The mother of eight children, immortal souls committed to her trust.
1916 Times of India 4 Apr. 8/5 The charge of that Department is now committed to the trust of my friend Sjr Sankaran Nair.
2000 M. Munn School of Hist. vii. 178 Vast sums of public money had been committed to his trust.
b. The obligation or responsibility imposed on someone in whom confidence is placed or authority is vested, or who has undertaken to carry out a particular duty or role.
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society > morality > duty or obligation > [noun] > of one in whom authority or confidence is vested
trustc1449
c1449 R. Pecock Repressor (1860) 397 If y..consente not for me and my successouris in my name and heris forto..performe thilk trust.
1535 Bible (Coverdale) Micah vii. 20 Thou shalt kepe thy trust with Iacob, and thy mercy for Abraham, like as thou hast sworne vnto oure fathers longe agoo.
1548 Hall's Vnion: Richard III f. xxvij The man..beynge hindered and kepte vnder by sir Richarde Ratcliffe and sir Willyam Catesbye, which..kept him by secrete driftes out of al secrete trust.
1615 G. Sandys Relation of Journey i. 48 A place of high trust, and the third in repute through the Empire.
a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) Devon 250 His youth spent in some military imployments of good trust.
1770 ‘Junius’ Stat Nominis Umbra (1772) II. xxxvii. 75 Until parliament itself betrays its trust, by contributing to establish new principles of government.
1784 J. Brown Compend. Hist. Brit. Churches II. 245 Bringing them into places of power and trust.
1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. II. vii. 236 Grave apprehensions that, if Roman Catholics were made capable of public trust, great evils would ensue.
1888 Pall Mall Gaz. 24 Apr. 1/2 His employment was one of great trust.
1954 Bull. Atomic Scientists June 246/1 A member of the Communist Party is automatically barred from a position of trust with the United States Government.
2009 D. E. Hall Criminal Law & Procedure x. 288 Police officers hold a special public trust and..have an obligation not to violate that trust.
c. A duty or role entrusted to someone. Also: a thing or person committed to the care or safekeeping of another.
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society > morality > duty or obligation > [noun] > one's duty, duties, or obligations > of one's office or position
officec1330
duty1375
trust1643
place1652
the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > care, protection, or charge > [noun] > entrusting to another's care or keeping > person or thing entrusted to another
charge1530
keep1579
trust1898
1643 Visct. Falkland Let. 15 Apr. in Proc. Late Treaty Peace 62 Those trusts which the Law of the Land hath setled in the Crowne alone.
1684 Scanderbeg Redivivus iii. 32 It was not fit two such great Trusts, as Marshal and General should both be managed by one Person.
1750 S. Johnson Rambler No. 71. ⁋14 The few moments remaining are to be considered as the last trust of heaven.
1822 J. M. Good Study Med. II. 716 The digestive powers, or some of them, do not perform their trust as they should do.
1898 S. M. Palmer in Ld. Selborne Memorials I. Notice p. vi These Memorials are a Trust; and therefore it has been my aim..simply to fulfil my Father's intention regarding them.
1926 Aegyptus 7 129 The following sections of the decree promise the highest favours to all that shall perform their trust.
1992 W. Fields Past lives Life of Its Own (1997) 35 She was his trust, and he had given her up to strangers.
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a. Confidence in the intention or ability of a customer to pay at a future time for goods or services supplied without immediate payment; = credit n. 9a. Chiefly in on (also † upon, † of) trust and variants: without giving or receiving immediate payment.
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society > trade and finance > management of money > solvency > [noun] > credit
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trust1509
credence?a1513
credit1542
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jawbone1862
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society > trade and finance > management of money > solvency > [adverb] > on credit
to fristc1440
on (also upon, of) trust1509
on (also upon) credit1560
in, upon, on (the) score1568
on time1628
on or upon (the) tick1642
upon the tally1807
on the nod1882
on the slate1909
on the cuff1927
on the knocker1934
1509 H. Watson tr. S. Brant Shyppe of Fooles (de Worde) Contents sig. A.vi To take on truste.
1551 R. Robinson tr. T. More Vtopia sig. Kv They care not whether they sell for reddye moneye: or els vpon truste to be paide at a daye.
1573 T. Tusser Fiue Hundreth Points Good Husbandry (new ed.) f. 16 At first hand he buyeth, that payeth al downe..at third hand he buyeth, that buyeth of trust.
1649 Bp. J. Hall Resol. & Decisions i. iv. 34 Those who are able to pay downe ready money..know to expect a better pennyworth, then those that runne upon trust.
1681 in Publ. Sc. Hist. Soc. (1905) 46 Introd. 85 Cloath will be..delivered out to the merchants and after 12 moneths trust they will be paying in money to account the cloath sold them.
1758 S. Johnson Idler 14 Oct. 217 My Master lived on trust at an alehouse.
1829 W. Cobbett Advice to Young Men ii. §63 The man..who purchases on trust, not only pays for the trust, but he also pays his due share of what the tradesman loses by trust.
1862 Frank Leslie's Illustr. Newspaper 29 Nov. 150/1 We lived in a shabby street, and had only very poor customers... Most of those who came wanted trust.
1920 Advertising & Selling 1 May 36/2 Goods bought on trust.
1993 N. Bourne Company Law xi. 136 5,000 additional shares..were to be held on trust for the employees of the company.
b. figurative and in figurative contexts. Now somewhat rare.
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1618 T. Adams Happines of Church i. 389 These little arrerages, taken vp on trust, runs our soules so deepe into Gods debt, that if the bloud of Christ doe not pay it..we can neuer discharge it.
1657 Lusts Dominion ii. iii. sig. Cvv The boy..takes up Spanish hearts on trust, to pay them When he shall finger Castiles Crown.
?1795 ‘A. Pasquin’ Satires & Biogr. 43 We're egregiously taking our joys upon trust, Till the farce is compress'd, and we melt in the dust.
1821 Ld. Byron Sardanapalus ii. i. 78 I am content To be beloved on trust for what I feel.
1865 J. Ruskin Sesame & Lilies i. 2 I had even intended to ask your attention for a little while on trust.
1921 A. V. Diehl ‘Tommy’ Rhymes 84 The only things we 'ave in life are those we gets on trust.
1972 S. Cavell Senses of Walden iii. 81 The idea of a social contract is..that power over us is held on trust from us, that institutions have no authority other than the authority we lend them.
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a. Finance. A group of companies, industries, etc., organized to reduce or eliminate competition, or to control production and distribution for their common advantage. Also: spec. such a group with a governing body of trustees holding a majority of the stock of each participating company, and therefore having a controlling vote in their conduct.
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society > occupation and work > business affairs > a business or company > [noun] > syndicate or cartel
trust1825
syndicate1865
cartel1902
pool1979
society > occupation and work > business affairs > a business or company > [noun] > trust corporation
trust1825
trust corporation1839
investment trust1868
society > trade and finance > trading conditions > [noun] > protection from competition > organization
trust1825
1825 tr. C. Dupin Commerc. Power Great Brit. I. i. iii. 48 These trustees..compose what is called a trust, for directing and managing the labour, revenue, and expense of the roads.
1887 Pall Mall Gaz. 16 Nov. 12/1 A distillers' ‘trust’ has been formed..in order to regulate the production and price of spirits.
1889 W. Clarke in G. B. Shaw Fabian Ess. Socialism 94 A trust is defined..as a combination ‘to destroy competition and to restrain trade’.
1915 M. Epstein tr. W. Sombart Quintessence Capitalism xii. 185 Look at the extensive American trusts and you will see what unrestricted competition means.
1965 B. Pearce tr. E. Preobrazhensky New Econ. 103 The entire road from the producer of the raw material to the trust is barred by private middlemen.
2002 D. Goleman et al. Business: Ultimate Resource 1133/2 He was vilified as the head of one of the hated ‘trusts’ dominating industry in the United States.
b. Finance. An organization or company into which funds are paid by individuals, and then invested by trustees.investment, unit trust, etc.: see the first element.
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1871 Birmingham Daily Post 9 June 7/1 It is proposed by a most respectable body of trustees to constitute a Submarine Cables Trust on the principles that have proved so beneficial in the case of the Foreign and Colonial Government Securities Trust, by means of making one security insuring the other.
1882 R. Bithell Counting-house Dict. 309 The ‘Trusts’ instituted in the City.., such as the ‘Foreign and Colonial Securities Trust’..and some others; in all these instances, a certain capital is subscribed..which is placed in the hands of trustees to be invested.
1930 Economist 8 Nov. 865/1 Participation in the trust takes the form of certificates authenticated by a trust company and specifying a fractional interest in a block or unit of the fixed common stocks.
1982 H. Wiesner Which? Bk. Saving & Investing ix. 91 Investing in a unit trust is a way of investing in shares, or, with some trusts, British Government stocks and the like.
2008 New Yorker 10 Nov. 41/2 Catching's bold idea was to create a huge investment trust, called the Goldman Sachs Trading Corporation.
9. A game in which a dog is made to wait for a reward. Chiefly in on trust: (of a dog) waiting for a reward, often with a titbit in view; see trust v. 9. Now somewhat rare.
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the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > dog > [adjective] > that acts in specific way
made1474
sheep-bitinga1616
hard-bitten1686
on trust1875
obedience-trained1937
the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping dogs or cats > [adjective] > affinity with dogs > obeying command
on trust1875
the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > dog > [verb (intransitive)] > act in particular way
fawna1250
stoop?1530
kennel1552
fetch-and-carrya1616
to cock one's ears1714
beg1816
toll1851
trust1939
1875 Bazaar, Exchange & Mart 2 June 419/2 Now place your dog ‘on trust’ before any one of these cards, outside the circle, while you face him inside, a few yards back.
1932 C. L. Morgan Fountain i. 4 In Lewis's compartment were two former sergeants of marine, Lapham and Shordey, upright in opposite corners like dogs on trust.
1939 C. Day Lewis Child of Misfortune 196 Eve was trying to teach her puppy to play ‘Trust’ with a piece of biscuit.
1970 J. Fleming Young Man, I think you're Dying ix. 127 The manner of dogs put on Trust for a biscuit, watching the biscuit until the words: Paid for!
Compounds
C1. General attributive.
a. In sense 4b, as trust money, trust estate, trust account, trust beneficiary.
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1621 Effect of Bill by Sir F. Englefield (single sheet) If Sir Fra. Englefield should not forthwith account for these trust moneys..he should againe be committed.
1698 B. Shower Cases Parl. 72 No Man will say, that ever any Woman was endowed in Equity of a Trust Estate.
1766 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. II. xx. 337 They now consider a trust-estate..as equivalent to the legal ownership.
1776 A. Smith Inq. Wealth of Nations I. ii. iii. 411 The..allotment..of this fund..is not always guarded by any..trust-right or deed of mortmain. View more context for this quotation
1841 Niles' National Reg. 11 Dec. 240/1 The comptroller has notified those trust banks whose securities in his hands appear insufficient.
1880 J. Muirhead tr. Gaius Institutes ii. 168 A legacy cannot be charged upon a legatee, but a trust-gift may.
1944 Social Sci. 19 203/2 Individuals, partnerships, and personal trust accounts have bought $15.6 billions in bonds.
1987 R. Mistry One Sunday in Tales from Firozsha Baag (1992) 132 They have piles of trust money squeezed under their arses.
2010 J. Van Duzer Why Business matters to God i. 30 The trustee's charge is clear: he or she is to maximize the return on trust assets for the benefit of the trust beneficiaries.
b. In sense 8a, as trust shares, trust security, trust king, trust movement.
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1839 Morning Chron. 13 Feb. Trust Shares.
1890 Locomotive Firemen's Mag. Dec. 1064/1 His writing..flatters the Carnegies, the Vanderbilts, and Goulds, the trust kings and monopolists.
1892 Daily News 21 Dec. 7/3 Banks are reported unwilling lenders on some trust securities.
1902 Westm. Gaz. 28 Aug. 1/3 The striking fact is that President Roosevelt should have thrown himself into the Anti-Trust or Trust-regulation movement.
1998 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 3 Dec. c1/5 John D. Rockefeller personified the trust kings of the Gilded Age, who accumulated unprecedented and to this day unmatched power over key industries like oil, steel and railroads.
2005 B. P. Simpson Markets don't Fail! iii. 64 Others feared..that the trust movement would end with one giant corporation owning all the productive assets in the country.
C2. Objective and instrumental.
a. In sense 1a, as trust-betrayer, trust-breaker, trust-breaking, trust-building.
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1621 R. Crane Wks. Mercy sig. B7 Let Prisons swallow needie Soules no more, But rich Trust-Breakers that haue made 'em poore.
1721 J. Mottley Antiochus Prol. p. xii Trust-Betrayers sign their Country's Doom.
1827 J. Bentham Rationale Judicial Evid. II. iii. vi. 114 The hypocritical and trust-breaking humanity of judges.
1881 M. A. Lewis Two Pretty Girls II. 201 All the more trust-winning, solid qualities.
1914 H. C. Weir Miss Madelyn Mack, Detective iv. 159 Monty Weston has won almost as great a reputation as a heart-breaker as he has as a trust-breaker!
2000 New Yorker 3 Apr. 38/1 A day outdoors engaging in ropes courses, bonding rituals, and trust-building exercises.
b. In sense 8a and 8b, as trust-made, trust controlled, trust-maker, trust-monger.
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society > trade and finance > trading organization > [noun] > member or former of
ringster1878
trust-maker1888
cartellist1925
society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > non-manual worker > businessman > [noun] > one who forms syndicate
trust-maker1888
syndicator1891
1888 Belleville (Kansas) Democrat 7 June 1/5 (heading) Trust-made goods.
1892 Contemp. Rev. Oct. 490 All..the ring makers, the Trust makers, and the Carnegies, whose path to millions has been greased with Protectionist fat.
1901 Sir C. Furness in Westm. Gaz. 22 Feb. 6/2 The trust-bolstering effect of the tariff.
1902 Daily Chron. 26 Apr. 5/1 Weep as you think of these Trust-ridden isles!
1905 Spectator 18 Feb. 248/2 The grip of the financier-politician and the Trust-monger.
1956 Univ. Chicago Law Rev. 23 722 Agitation for abolition or reduction of the tariff on trust-controlled goods continued.
1998 F. Trentmann Erosion of Free Trade ii. 199 Dangerous images of the American boss, trust-mongers, and unscrupulous millionaires..did not encourage a more nuanced assessment of the changing forms of industrial organisation.
C3. † trust-rigger n. Obsolete a person who manipulates or controls a trust (sense 8a).
trustbuster n. U.S. a person who works for the restriction or dissolution of trusts (sense 8a); spec. a government official responsible for enforcing legislation against trusts.
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society > authority > office > holder of office > public officials > [noun] > in U.S.
fence-viewer1661
county commissioner1668
naval officer1702
agent1707
processioner1731
Indian agent1766
processionary1890
trustbuster1893
society > trade and finance > trading conditions > [noun] > monopoly > anti-monopoly > one who
trustbuster1893
1893 Washington Post 9 June 4/5 Among the distinguished trust-busters are Ignatius Donnelly..and C. C. Clemens, the Kansas poet.
1949 Time 9 May 34/3 U.S. trustbusters were still locked in stalemate with the Zaibatsu.
2005 L. H. Kaufman Leaders Count i. 20 Hill attempted to combine his railroad empire into a single entity but was thwarted by President Theodore Roosevelt and his famed trustbusters.
trust busting adj. and n. (a) adj. that restricts or dissolves trusts (sense 8a); (b) n. the activity or profession of restricting or dissolving trusts.
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society > trade and finance > trading conditions > [noun] > monopoly > anti-monopoly
trust busting1893
demonopolization1919
society > trade and finance > trading conditions > [adjective] > monopoly > anti-monopoly
trust busting1893
1893 Washington Post 9 June 4/5 (heading) The trust-busting congress.
1896 News & Observer (Raleigh, N. Carolina) 29 Nov. 4/1 The Democrats who bolted this year are now engaged in making a specialty of trust busting.
1973 Business Week 13 Jan. 32/1 The only trustbusting agency in Latin America.
2014 Daily Tel. 20 Jan. 17/4 Trust busting..very often is about one powerful industry using the government to break up an advantage held by another.
trust certificate n. (a) a negotiable certificate issued by the governing board of a trust (sense 8a) which entitles the holder to all dividends belonging to the shares which it represents, but gives him or her no voting power within the trust; †(b) a document certifying the granting of property, assets, etc., to a trustee (obsolete).
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society > trade and finance > stocks and shares > stocks, shares, or bonds > [noun] > certificates
trust certificate1720
scrip?1734
script1768
savings certificate1842
stock certificate1863
PINC1986
property income certificate1986
1720 Bermingham & Others Paupers: Appellants Case 2 Besides the said Trust Certificate, there was another..of several Lands granted to the said Marshal.
1834 Times 29 Dec. Trust Certificates.
1904 Q. Rev. Jan. 187 The original stock-holders received trust-certificates.
2003 Business Lawyer 58 562 A company settles a trust by transferring financial assets to the trust in return for payment in the form of trust certificates.
trust company n. originally U.S. a company which acts as a trustee, and (in later use) also provides other financial services.
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society > occupation and work > business affairs > a business or company > [noun] > other types of company
incorporation1530
acquisitor1668
private company?1711
private practice1724
public company1730
trading house1760
acquiror1789
in-company1791
public corporation1796
company1800
subsidiary company1823
proprietary company1824
stock-company1827
trust company1827
subsidiary1828
concessionaire1839
commandite1844
statutory company1847
parent company1854
mastership1868
state enterprise1886
Pty.1904
asset class1931
acquirer1950
parent1953
growth company1959
spin-off1959
non-profit1961
shell1964
not-for-profit1969
vehicle1971
spin-out1972
startup1975
greenfield1982
large-cap1982
monoline1984
small cap1984
mid-cap1988
multidomestic1989
dotcom1996
1827 Logansport (Indiana) Canal Tel. 4 Mar. 1/6 The ten thousand dollars which was insured on the life of the Rev. Samuel Hubbell..was paid by our Trust Company to his representatives.
1913 Times 9 Aug. 17/6 The movements in trust companies' stocks were in the upward direction.
2012 Better Investing Mar. 32/2 Custodial and transfer fees are paid to a bank or trust company to protect and keep the fund's assets.
trust corporation n. a corporation empowered to act as a trustee.
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society > occupation and work > business affairs > a business or company > [noun] > trust corporation
trust1825
trust corporation1839
investment trust1868
1839 D. W. Lathrop Case Gen. Assembly Presbyterian Church 470 The trustees..form, however, a trust corporation, created for the General Assembly.
1967 E. Rudinger Wills & Probate 12 The Public Trustee is a government department which can be appointed to be your executor, as can some trust corporations.
2013 S. Atkins Equity & Trusts iv. 93 The theory is a trust managed by such a trust corporation will be managed more effectively..than a trust managed by individual trustees.
trust deed n. a deed of conveyance creating and setting out the conditions of a trust (sense 4b).
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society > law > transfer of property > settlement of property > [noun] > putting property into trust > deed by which trust created
declarationa1626
trust deed1735
1735 H. Home Memorial for S. Robertson 10 The Trust-Deed itself is to be got over, though upon it are founded the only Pretensions the Heir-male can have.
1898 Southeastern Reporter 29 72/2 He carefully kept the trust deed concealed from everyone except his wife.
1996 L. Gough Choosing Pension iv. 56 If you want to know how your scheme is run, you must get hold of a copy of the trust deed.
trust exercise n. an exercise designed to test or increase the degree of trust between participants; cf. trust game n.
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the mind > mental capacity > belief > belief, trust, confidence > [adjective] > requiring trust
trust exercise1972
1972 Psychol. Rep. 30 850 The authors recognize that it is inappropriate to call this particular activity a trust exercise.
1982 Guardian 19 Mar. 9/4 Trust exercises, such as leading a partner blindfold explaining everything she touches or smells, are where we start.
2005 D. Nicholls Understudy 198 Unsure as to whether he trusted Josh enough for a trust exercise, Stephen closed his eyes, and immediately opened them again.
trust game n. a game designed to test or increase the degree of trust between participants; cf. trust exercise n.
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1968 Newsweek 3 June 102/2 In the ‘Trust Game’, the actors form a circle and toss one member back and forth.
1978 Peace News 25 Aug. 10/2 As I see it, trust games (for example) don't produce trusting groups any more than brooms sweep floors.
2011 L. A. Stout Cultivating Conscience vi. 145 Subjects who choose to cooperate with each other in a trust game experience a rise in their levels of oxytocin.
trust investment n. the investment of trust money; an instance of this; (also) stock, bonds, etc., in which trust funds may legally be invested.
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1814 P. Colquhoun Treat. Wealth, Power, & Resources Brit. Empire 80 The frequent failure, particularly of the provincial bankers..by trust investments in the public funds.
1897 Westm. Gaz. 7 Oct. 7/3 The stock is a trust investment stock.
1993 Accountancy Oct. 76/1 A major principle of trust investment is diversification.
trust land n. (an area of) land held in trust and administered by the state; spec. (a) U.S. such land held in trust for American Indians and administered by the Bureau of Indian Affairs; (b) South African (now historical) land purchased by the South African Native Trust as black settlement areas.The South African Native Trust (established under the Native Trust and Land Act of 1936) made extensive additions to the area already reserved for African habitation in order to secure more land for rural black people.
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1855 B. F. Robinson Let. 21 Sept. in Message President U.S. to Congr. I. 412 in U.S. Congress. Serial Set (34th Congr., 1st Sess.: Senate Executive Doc. 1: Pt. 1) The irruption of intruders upon their trust land; their bloody dissensions;..must necessarily to these unsophisticated people have presented our system of government in an unfavorable light.
1882 Rep. Natal Native Comm. 1881–2 35 They pay no rent for the use and occupation of either Location and other Trust Lands.
1892 Report No. 880 3 in Rep. Comm. House of Representatives 52nd Congr., 1st Sess. III. The United States as trustee shall pay all of the expenses of selling said trust lands out of the moneys derived from the sale thereof and that only the net proceeds shall be paid over to said Indians.
1962 Ebony Feb. 21/2 Africans, who form three quarters of the population [of S. Africa], were allocated..only 18 per cent of the land—some of it poor land. Of this land, 99 per cent is trust land... In trust land, Africans are virtually state tenants.
1993 L. Parker & B. Langley in D. M. Fetterman Speaking Lang. of Power (2014) v. 70 The tribal reservation [of the Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana] is small, with trust land of under 200 acres, though tribal members own some 1400 acres adjacent to the reservation.
2001 A. J. Christopher Atlas of Changing S. Afr. (ed. 2) 33 [In 1960] as a result of migration to the towns, only a third of the entire African population continued to live in the reserves and Trust Lands.
trust man n. now somewhat rare a trustee.
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society > law > transfer of property > settlement of property > [noun] > putting property into trust > a trustee or body of trustees
fiduciary1631
trustee1636
trust1641
trust man1774
trust officer1836
1774 Morning Chron. 10 Feb. I Live in a parish that has long been governed by the Rector and a set of Trust-men.
a1875 R. S. Hawker Footprints Former Men Cornwall (1903) 151 Twenty acres of woodland copse..were bought and conveyed by..Dame Thomasine Gull, to feoffees and trust-men.
1967 Amer. Bar. Assoc. Jrnl. Mar. 262/1 Most trust men are well aware of the requirements of the trust laws and the duties of the prudent investment required of a trustee.
trust manager n. a person appointed by a board of trustees to oversee the management of a school, school district, etc.
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1874 Standard 23 Jan. 3/6 The office of trust manager of the national schools in the district of Callan.
1902 Westm. Gaz. 17 July 6/2 A board of management consisting of a number of trust managers not exceeding four.
2014 Nottingham Post (Nexis) 1 Apr. 21 Trust managers say the new venture..allows for greater support and opportunities to provide the highest level of education for students across the area.
trust officer n. an employee of a trust company or similar organization who is directly responsible for that organization's activities as a trustee.
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society > law > transfer of property > settlement of property > [noun] > putting property into trust > a trustee or body of trustees
fiduciary1631
trustee1636
trust1641
trust man1774
trust officer1836
1836 Rep. Select Comm. Turnpike Trusts & Tolls 137 in Parl. Papers (H.C. 547) XIX. 335 The Act of Parliament which prohibits a plurality of offices in the trust officers, is I fear but too often evaded.
1905 F. B. Kirkbride & J. E. Sterrett Mod. Trust Company iii. 41 The trust officer must have full authority over his department.
2010 H. C. Richardson Wounded Knee ii. 92 Elected by railroad men and trust officers, he knew the value of well-placed jobs and contracts in shoring up political support.
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1899 Cedar Rapids (Iowa) Evening Gaz. 10 Jan. 4/1 Apologists for political corruptionists and trust riggers.
1924 Glasgow Herald 21 Nov. 10/8 The trust-rigger..would simply transfer his activities.
trust road n. now historical a road administered by a turnpike trust.
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society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, path, or track > road > [noun] > main or major road > turnpike or toll-road
turnpike road1745
turnpike1748
trust road1787
pike1812
toll-road1825
pike road1838
tollway1955
péage1973
1787 T. Leach W. Hawkins's Treat. Pleas (ed. 6) I. Index sig. 3Cv/2 When two trust roads lie in the same parish, and the duty shall exceed three days, the justices shall apportion the shares of duty to be borne by each parish.
1821 J. Galt Ann. Parish x. 103 The toll, or trust-road, was set a-going.
2006 Mail on Sunday (Nexis) 3 Dec. 62 The trusts..were able to use their extensive powers irresponsibly, even blocking up ancient highways to compel everyone to use the trust road.
trust stock n. stock in which trust money may legally be invested.
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society > trade and finance > stocks and shares > stocks, shares, or bonds > [noun] > stock > bought, sold, or dealt on particular terms
bear1709
bull1714
bearskin1719
trust stock1733
preference stock1845
preferred stock1848
trustee stock1855
short1868
privileged stock1875
future1880
junior stock1914
curb-stocks1915
long1930
junk bond1974
1733 Abstr. Acts passed 6th Session of 7th Parl. Great Brit. 66/2 Trustees may sell their Trust Stock, remaining in the said Trading Stock, at the current Price.
1858 Ld. St. Leonards Handy Bk. Prop. Law xxi. 166 One trustee sold the trust-stock and gave the money to his co-trustee..to invest.
2013 Global Times (China) (Nexis) 2 Sept. Securities, insurance and trust stocks staged a comeback as investors cheered the release of solid midyear financial results.
Trust Territory n. now historical any of eleven territories belonging to the International Trusteeship System and administered by a state appointed by the United Nations; cf. trustee n. 4.The International Trusteeship System existed from 1945 until 1994, when the last of the eleven territories became independent. Territories administered in a similar way are now known as Non-Self-Governing Territories.
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society > authority > rule or government > territorial jurisdiction or areas subject to > [noun] > territory governed by a ruler or state > dependent > under mandate or trust
League of Nations mandate1919
mandate1919
Trust Territory1945
1945 U.N. Charter xii. §75, in Times 27 June 8/5 The United Nations shall establish under its authority an International Trusteeship System for the administration and supervision of..Trust Territories.
1980 N.Y. Times 20 Nov. a10/1 The 10 other trust territories have all become independent.
2002 D. Lenihan Submerged xix. 232 The islands comprising the geographical entity known as Micronesia were almost all trust territories of some European entity at one point.
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† trustadj.
α. Middle English truste, Middle English 1600s trust.
β. Middle English trost.
Obsolete.
1. Confident, sure; safe, secure.
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the mind > mental capacity > belief > belief, trust, confidence > [adjective]
trusta1200
trusty?c1225
strustya1250
trustinga1382
traista1400
traistfula1400
trustful1560
confident1594
credent1604
unquestioned1604
fearless1634
fiduciary1640
confiding1829
a1200 [implied in: MS Trin. Cambr. in R. Morris Old Eng. Homilies (1873) 2nd Ser. 9 On swilch liflode we mugen trustliche abiden ure louerd ihesu cristes tocume. (at trustly adv. 1)].
c1225 (?c1200) Hali Meiðhad (Bodl.) (1940) l. 657 Ne beo þu nawt trust [a1250 Titus trusti] ane to þi meidhad wið uten oðer god & þeawfule mihtes.
a1250 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Titus) (1963) 10 To sum Gastliche mon þat ȝe arn trust [c1230 Corpus Cambr. trusti, a1250 Nero strusti] on.
c1390 in C. Horstmann Minor Poems Vernon MS (1892) i. 28 (MED) Boxum me make wiþoute feyning And..trust wiþ-outen ouer-hope.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Trin. Cambr.) l. 11161 Be truste & in no deewrynes.
a1450 Castle Perseverance (1969) l. 2707 (MED) In þis bowre I schal þe blys..More mucke þanne is þyne iwys Take þou in þis trost terage.
2. Faithful, trusty; reliable, sound.
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society > morality > duty or obligation > recognition of duty > faithfulness or trustworthiness > [adjective]
soothfastc825
truefastOE
i-treowec1000
unfakenOE
trueOE
sickerc1100
trigc1175
strustya1250
steel to the (very) backa1300
true as steela1300
certainc1325
well-provedc1325
surec1330
traistc1330
tristc1330
trustya1350
faithfula1382
veryc1385
sada1387
discreet1387
trust1389
trothfulc1390
tristya1400
proveda1425
good-heartedc1425
well-trusted?a1439
tristfulc1440
authorizablea1475
faithworthy?1526
tentik1534
fidele1539
truthfulc1550
suresby1553
responsible1558
trestc1560
reliable1569
cocksurea1575
sound1581
trustful1582
truepenny1589
true (also good, sure) as touch1590
probable1596
confident1605
trustable1606
axiopistical1611
loyala1616
reposeful1627
confiding1645
fiducial1647
laudable1664
safe1667
accountable1683
serious1693
sponsible1721
dependable1730
unfailing1798
truthya1802
trustworthy1829
all right1841
stand-up1841
falsehood-free1850
right1856
proven1872
bankable1891
secure1954
1389 in J. T. Smith & L. T. Smith Eng. Gilds (1870) 46 An Aldirman..and foure skeuaynes, trost men and trewe.
c1390 (c1300) MS Vernon Homilies in Archiv f. das Studium der Neueren Sprachen (1877) 57 242 (MED) Comuynliche to gedere drawes Trust and trewe and goode felawes.
?a1400 (a1338) R. Mannyng Chron. (Petyt) ii. 60 His sonnes boþe tille him war trost als stele.
c1450 Jacob's Well (1900) 212 Ȝif þou selle a crokyd hors for a clene, a ruynous hows for trust hows.
c1475 in Archiv f. das Studium der Neueren Sprachen (1887) 79 420 Sche was boþe fayre & goode And also bothe trost & trewe.
1604 A. Craig Poet. Ess. sig. Bv A Monarch's suretie no way stood In victories, in warrie broyles, and blood: But in the loue of Subiects trust and true.
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trustv.
/trʌst/, U.S. /trəst/α. Middle English frustid (past tense, transmission error), Middle English trusti, Middle English trusty, Middle English–1600s truste, Middle English– trust, 1800s thrust (Irish English); also past tense and past participle Middle English truste, Middle English–1500s trust.
β. Middle English troist, Middle English trosti, Middle English–1500s trost, Middle English–1500s troste; also past tense Middle English troist, Middle English troste, Middle English (1500s Scottish) trost.
See also trist v., trest v. 1. intransitive. To have faith or confidence in a person, quality, or thing; to rely on. With in, to, †of, †on, †upon.
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the mind > mental capacity > expectation > hope > confident hope, trust > trust, have confidence in [verb (intransitive)]
lippenc1175
trustc1225
trustena1382
hang1393
licken1535
confide1654
α.
β. a1350 (c1250) Prov. Hendyng (Harl.) l. 194 in K. Böddeker Altengl. Dichtungen (1878) 295 (MED) Ȝef þou trost to borewyng, þe shal fayle mony þyng.?a1400 (a1338) R. Mannyng Chron. (Petyt) ii. 45 Bliþely tille Inglond wild he com..If he myght on þam troste.?a1475 Ludus Coventriae (1922) 11 (MED) For gret whanhope as ȝe xal se he hangyth hym self vpon a tre; For he noth trostyth in godys pete.a1500 (c1410) Dives & Pauper (Hunterian) (1976) i. 299 (MED) Aftir þat he louyth, so he trostith, and þer he trostit, most comonly he louyth most.1550 in J. C. Tingey Rec. City of Norwich (1910) II. 387 I make my menys at thys tyme for reformatyon..for dyuers abusys me thynke mygt be bettyr with yowor coownselles under Mr. Mayyrs fauer I submet my selffe at all tymes, I trost, as my dewty hys.c1600 (?c1395) Pierce Ploughman's Crede (Trin. Cambr. R.3.15) (1873) l. 350 (MED) Þei ben certayne men & syker on to trosten.c1225 (?c1200) St. Katherine (Royal) (1981) 231 Þeo þet heom makieð moten beon heom iliche & alle þet on ham trusteð [a1250 Titus trusten].
?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 279 Þe hulles þe beoð lachȝere. þeo as þe lafdi seið hire leof ouerleapeð Ne trust naut sewel on ham for hare forharefeblesce [read on ham for hare feblesce].
a1250 Lofsong Louerde in R. Morris Old Eng. Homilies (1868) 1st Ser. 213 Þeo hwile ðet ich truste uppo mon þu..lettest me al iwurden wið þeo þet ich truste uppon.
c1325 (c1300) Chron. Robert of Gloucester (Calig.) 9606 So muche he truste on him, þat in is warde he let do Henri is eldoste sone.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Trin. Cambr.) l. 4962 In oþere helpe me truste I nouȝt [Gött. ne traist I noght].
?a1425 tr. Catherine of Siena Orcherd of Syon (Harl.) (1966) 333 (MED) Why trustidist þou not in me þat am þi maker?
a1500 (c1477) T. Norton Ordinal of Alchemy (BL Add.) (1975) l. 2100 (MED) An Ape chosith hir mete bi smyllynge, Men & popyngayes trustith to tastyng.
c1503 Beuys of Southhamptowne (Pynson) sig. k.i Moche he trusted in arundel.
1560 Abp. M. Parker Let. 18 Nov. in Corr. (1853) (modernized text) 128 Trusting of your lordship's good diligence herein.
1638 in Hamilton Papers (1880) 9 I trust in God to keipe them a sunder.
1656 H. Phillippes Purchasers Pattern (ed. 3) 3 Though the man..have the repute of an honest man: yet trust not too much upon that.
1707 E. Ward Wooden World Dissected 50 He trusts much more to the Sun for his Guide, than to the Creator of it.
1791 C. Smith Celestina III. 22 She trusted on the long tried, the long assured tenderness of her lover.
1802 Evangelical Mag. Apr. 133 Well, well, I now see I have been trusting upon the decency of a heathen.
1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps i. xvi. 112 Each had to trust to himself.
1915 V. Woolf Voy. Out x. 143 Talk was the medicine she trusted to.
1964 C. V. Wedgwood Trial of Charles I (1967) iv. 73 He trusted to his own and his soldiers' vigilance to circumvent any plan of escape.
2002 M. C. Smith December 6 333 Guns aren't Harry's style. Harry trusts in luck.
2. transitive. To believe (a statement, story, etc.); to rely on the truthfulness or evidence of (a person, his or her senses, etc.). Formerly also †intransitive with object understood.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > belief > accept as true, believe [verb (transitive)]
ylevec888
leve971
ween971
i-weneOE
takec1175
trowc1175
truth?c1250
thinka1275
believec1300
trustc1325
hold1340
trist1340
to give (one's) faith to (also unto)c1405
accept?c1430
admitc1449
credencea1529
to take a person at his (also her) word1535
credit1547
faith1576
to take a person's word1576
receive1581
creed1596
understand1751
Adam and Eve1925
buy1926
α.
β. a1450 (c1410) H. Lovelich Merlin (1904) I. l. 1504 (MED) Now, and it be trewe as thou tellest me, Evere schal j the trosten ful feith-fulle, and Neuere j schal the misbeleve.c1475 (c1399) Mum & Sothsegger (Cambr. Ll.4.14) (1936) i. l. 102 For trostiþ rith treuly..All þat þey moued..Was to be sure of hem-self.a1500 (a1450) Generides (Trin. Cambr.) l. 1624 (MED) Troste me wele: it goo not as ye wene.c1325 (c1300) Chron. Robert of Gloucester (Calig.) l. 773 (MED) He nuste to ȝweþer doȝter betere truste þo.
a1425 (?a1400) G. Chaucer Romaunt Rose (Hunterian) (1891) l. 649 So faire it was that trusteth wel It semede a place espirituel.
c1475 Wisdom (Folger) (1969) l. 488 Trust not þes prechors, for þey be not goode, For þey flatter and lye as þey wore woode.
c1500 ( tr. J. Bradmore Philomena (Harl. 1736) in R. T. Beck Cutting Edge (1974) 113 (MED) And truste yt for a sewernese, yf pia mater be hurte and ther to aper thes forsayd tokyns, the pacyent schall not skape 7 dayes.
1565 L. Evans tr. W. Lindanus Certaine Tables sig. Diijv Let vs herken vnto the Ghospel, let vs truste the woordes of our Sauiour him self.
1607 T. Heywood Woman Kilde with Kindnesse sig. D4 Shal I trust The bare report of this suspitious groome?
1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics iii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 114 Twas thus with Fleeces milky white (if we May trust report,) Pan God of Arcady Did bribe thee Cynthia. View more context for this quotation
1748 A. Henderson Hist. Rebellion 19 The Gentleman's Misfortune was..to trust the Reports which so much swelled the Numbers of his Enemies.
1790 J. Priestley Familiar Lett. to Inhabitants of Birmingham (ed. 2) iv. xv. 119 He can..declare his belief of the Dissenters in general being disaffected to government, and that their declarations of loyalty are not to be trusted.
a1806 S. Horsley Serm. (1816) III. xlii. 262 Every man implicitly trusts his bodily senses concerning external objects placed at a convenient distance.
1871 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest IV. xviii. 286 If the tale is to be trusted, the ford must be looked for in the hilly country.
1924 A. D. Sedgwick Little French Girl iv. i. 304 Marigold is a wretched gossip, and worse... I would not trust her story.
1955 D. Eden Darling Clementine (1959) 107 I suppose I can trust the evidence of my own eyes, can't I.
2009 V. N. Makrides Hellenic Temples & Christian Churches vii. 237 His account of Peregrinus's life..is not to be fully trusted.
3. transitive. To commit the safety or safekeeping of (a person or thing) with a person or to (also †till) a person, thing, place, etc.; to entrust. Formerly also: †to place (a person or thing) in for safekeeping or allow to do without fear of the consequences (obsolete). Also reflexive.In quot. 1748 without construction.Sense 7, where the syntactic roles are reversed, or entrust v. 2, are now more usual.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > care, protection, or charge > care for, protect, or have charge of [verb (transitive)] > commit to care or custody of another
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beteachc1000
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in charge (of)1548
credit1559
incommend1574
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aret1590
be-giftc1590
concredit1593
betrust1619
concrede1643
subcommit1681
to farm out1786
confide1861
fide1863
doorstep1945
to foster out1960
1340 Ayenbite (1866) 241 Þanne þe angel zayde to lot..‘ne trost þe naȝt ine þe stede þet þou hest ylete.’
a1450 York Plays (1885) 317 As touchyng þis money... Tite truste it tille oure tresorie.
1557 T. North tr. A. de Guevara Diall Princes Gen. Prol. sig. b.i Dionisius the Siracusan neuer trusted his beard with any barbor.
1595 L. Lewkenor Estate Eng. Fugitives sig. E3 Let them not trust themselues to sleep in the bosome of a flattering stepmother, that holdeth a knife in her hand to cut their throates.
1600 W. Shakespeare Merchant of Venice i. i. 42 My ventures are not in one bottome trusted . View more context for this quotation
1617 F. Moryson Itinerary iii. 1 Neither would I aduise Angelica..to trust her self alone..to the protection of wandering Knights.
1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost xii. 133 Not wandring poor, but trusting all his wealth With God. View more context for this quotation
1748 B. Robins & R. Walter Voy. round World by Anson ii. xi. 254 The Spaniards never trust the silver without an armed force to protect it.
1781 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall (ed. 5) IV. xxii. 22 He trusted the event to valour and to fortune.
1819 W. Scott Ivanhoe II. x. 175 The Jewish maiden will rather trust her soul with God, than her honour to the Templar.
1871 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest IV. xvii. 29 All was trusted to the loyalty of William's new made vassals.
1908 R. Bagot Anthony Cuthbert vi. 59 Afraid to trust herself to a retort, [she] walked out of the room.
1971 Washington Post 12 May c2/3 Yesterday's show..stressed a racy schoolmarm look of the '40s. Which is not to say you'd trust your children with those ladies in red satin blouses.
2011 A. McLean tr. E. Vila-Matas Never Any End to Paris 91 She spent the last years of her life..trusting everything to some little Moorish charms she'd bought in Granada.
4. transitive. To have faith or confidence in (a person or thing); to rely or depend on. Also reflexive.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > expectation > hope > confident hope, trust > trust in, rely on [verb (transitive)]
to set one's heart on (also (in)c825
littenc1175
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reappose1567
repose1567
lite1570
rely1574
to set (up) one's rest1579
rely1606
to look back1646
recumba1677
to pin one's faith (also hope, etc.) on (also to) a person's sleeve1791
to look to ——1807
bank1884
a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Isa. xxxvi. 4 What is this trist, that thou trostest?
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Trin. Cambr.) l. 4365 (MED) For he trusteþ my leute, To kepe his godis he toke hem me.
a1450 (c1375) G. Chaucer Anelida & Arcite (Tanner 346) (1878) l. 91 She him trusteth ouyr euery creature.
c1475 (?c1400) Apol. Lollard Doctr. (1842) 45 (MED) If þei lofid and trostid him aboue þe wark of þer hondis.
1491–2 Rolls of Parl.: Henry VII (Electronic ed.) Parl. Oct. 1491 §15. m. 7 Ye may send John Aleyne of Pole, whom ye trust and y also.
a1550 (c1477) T. Norton Ordinal of Alchemy (Sloane 1873) (1975) l. 2979 Trust not, ne love not Nigromancye, For it is appropriede to the devill to lye.
1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane Commentaries f. clxvv He woulde not retourne to his Prince, for that he trusted hym no more.
1572 in J. Cranstoun Satirical Poems Reformation (1891) I. xxxiv. 24 For Lordis and Lairdes ar nather Just Nor ȝit the commounis to be trust.
1612 R. Potts & W. Phettiplace Proc. Eng. Colony in Narr. Early Virginia (1907) 192 We would not have trusted them but as our foes.
1687 A. Lovell tr. J. de Thévenot Trav. into Levant i. 74 He desired the command of a Ship, but they would not trust him so much.
1706 Boston News-let. 1 July 4/1 Carkeit was chased off Caplin-Bay, by a Vessel that show'd English Colours,..but he durst not Trust her.
1756 C. Smart tr. Horace Satires ii. iv, in tr. Horace Wks. (1826) II. 133 The mushrooms, that grow in meadows, are of the best kind: all others are dangerously trusted.
1827 W. Scott Highland Widow in Chron. Canongate 1st Ser. I. xi. 205 He has trusted me, and I will trust him.
1874 J. Ruskin Fors Clavigera IV. xxxvii. 17 I cannot trust other people, without perpetual looking after them.
1935 D. L. Sayers Gaudy Night xxi. 439 I certainly wouldn't trust a young harum-scarum like that.
1980 C. Mungoshi Some Kinds of Wounds 88 She sat in that chair as if she couldn't trust herself to let go and relax.
2004 S. Quigley Run for Home (2005) xv. 253 As soon as I clapped eyes on him I didn't like him. Never trust a man whose eyebrows meet in the middle.
5. † b. transitive. With simple object: to hope for, look for (a quality) in a person. Obsolete. rare.
a. transitive. To have confidence that something desired is, or will be, the case. With clause (esp. that-clause) as object. Also (with for or infinitive): to hope, expect.
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the mind > mental capacity > expectation > expect [verb (transitive)]
weenOE
weenc1000
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to wait after ——1393
to look after ——c1400
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expect1535
to expect for1538
aspect1548
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ween1589
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propose1594
await1608
to presume on, upon, or of1608
to look forwards1637
prospect1652
to look for ——a1677
augur1678
anticipate1749
to look to ——1782
spect1839
contemplate1841–8
to look forward1848
eye1979
a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1872) IV. 73 (MED) Þanne Hanibal truste nouȝt [?a1475 anon. tr. beenge..in desperacion] þat Spayne myȝte lenger be i-holde aȝenst Scipio, he sente for his broþer Asdrubal.
1389 in J. T. Smith & L. T. Smith Eng. Gilds (1870) 53 Oure godes [we] han dispent..no catelle kepende,—trostende, as children, withe ȝiftes to ben amendyd.
c1400 in J. O. Halliwell Dict. Archaic & Provinc. Words (1852) 103 (MED) I trust to see you att after Estur.
c1451 J. Capgrave Life St. Gilbert (1910) 90 Trostand for þis obediens to receyue sumtyme þe mor mede.
1482 R. Cely Let. 3 Oct. in Cely Lett. (1975) 179 Howr mother and whe ar in good heyll, thankyd be God, and so whe truste that ȝe be.
c1503 Nutbrown Maid in R. Arnold Chron. f. lxxv Trusting to shewe..yt men haue an ille vse..wymen. to blame.
1518 King Henry VIII in State Papers Henry VIII (1830) I. 1 I trust the Quene my Wyfe be with chylde.
1569 R. Grafton Chron. II. 370 That he was right ioyous to be in his presence, trusting that some goodnesse should grow thereby.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Measure for Measure (1623) iii. i. 262 I trust it will grow to a most prosperous perfection. View more context for this quotation
a1648 Ld. Herbert Life Henry VIII (1649) 403* We should not trust to obtain at their [sc. Saints'] hands that which is to be had onely of God.
1715 N. Rowe Lady Jane Gray iv. i. 40 Farewel, gentle Pembroke, I trust, that we shall meet on blither Terms.
1781 E. Burke Corr. (1844) II. 444 I trust that these things are wholly repugnant to my nature, and inconsistent with my principles.
1857 T. Moore Handbk. Brit. Ferns (ed. 3) Pref. p. iv The author..trusts for a continuance of similar communications.
1880 A. C. Swinburne Study of Shakespeare 307 He trusted to establish the secret history and import of each.
1915 J. Turner Let. 3 May in C. Warren Somewhere in France (2019) 12 I do trust, before God, that these innocent-eyed French kiddies do not understand a word of that which they repeat—in our tongue.
1937 R. Stout Red Box ix. 136 ‘I trust that we are still brothers-in-arms?—’ ‘Absolutely. Pals.’
1968 N. Mosley Impossible Object 184 The cashier had sat in her box and put one toe out to be kissed: by faith you trust it to have been sterilised.
2000 R. W. Holder Taunton Cider & Langdons xvii. 90 You will, I trust, forgive me if we stick for a moment to the bare essentials.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > expectation > hope > hope for [verb (transitive)]
hopec1000
trow1340
trust1523
to wait after ——1534
lot1633
to look for ——1828
1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. cxlvi. 174 We truste in hym somoche gentylnesse, that by the grace of god his purpose shall chaung.
6.
a. transitive. To allow to take money or goods without immediate payment; to give (a person) credit (credit n. 9). In later use only with for money or goods supplied. Formerly also: †to supply (a person) with goods on credit (obsolete).
ΘΚΠ
society > trade and finance > management of money > solvency > be solvent [verb (transitive)] > give credit to or for
trustc1450
trist?a1600
frist1637
to stick upa1790
c1450 Alphabet of Tales (1904) I. 164 Pictagoricus..boght a payr of shone..of a sho-maker, bod he had not money enogh to pay for þaim; & so he frustid [read trustid] hym.
1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 763/2 I truste a dettoure..No man wyll trust me, except I have redye money.
1541 Act 33 Hen. VIII c. 15 Straungers..vsed to credite and truste the pore inhabitauntes..which..had not redy money to pay in hand.
1648 O. Cromwell Let. 25 Nov. in Writings & Speeches (1937) (modernized text) I. ix. 694 Without money the stubborn townspeople will not trust them for the worth of a penny.
a1687 W. Petty Polit. Arithm. (1690) 113 Any Tradesman of good Reputation worth 500l. will be trusted with above 1000l. worth of Commodities.
1750 G. G. Beekman Let. 22 June in Beekman Mercantile Papers (1956) I. 109 He always apeared like a very honist man and of good Carecter I Should have Trusted him for £100 if he had askt it.
1775 Pennsylvania Evening Post 13 July 301/2 All persons are forbid to trust my Wife Sarah, as I will pay no debts of her contracting after this date.
1825 N.Y. Lit. Gaz. 29 Oct. 127/1 Almost any tailor will trust him if he promises prompt payment.
1867 D. R. Locke Swingin' round Cirkle 75 The wretch who is post master at the Corners..only last nite refused..to trust me for postage stamps.
1925 E. Hemingway In our Time (1926) xi. 143 At the cantina near the bridge they trusted him for three more grappas.
2005 P. Prince Adam Runaway 357 I..would be very happy to put in five hundred or a thousand on her behalf, she had only to send me the word, of course I would trust her for the money.
b. transitive. To supply (goods or money) without immediate payment. Chiefly with out. U.S. regional and Caribbean in later use.
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1591 ‘A. Foulweather’ Wonderfull Astrol. Prognostication sig. Aiiiv Diuers Tapsters shall trust out more then they can get in: and although they fill their Pots but halfe full: yet for want of true dealing dye in the Brewers debt.
1621 Court Proc. 19 Dec. in S. M. Kingsbury Recs. Virginia Company (1906) I. 572 He had trusted out some part of the Tobacco to be paid at certaine dayes wch were not yet due.
1678 in Fountainhall's Decisions (1759) I. 7 The prices of such..goods as were trusted by him.
1833 S. Smith Life & Writings Major Jack Downing liii. 184 I guess I sold nigh upon a half a bushel for cash, and trusted out most three pecks besides.
1895 Fitchburg (Mass.) Daily Sentinel 17 Dec. 3/3 Nineteen years and over I have continued the credit business and naturally have a large amount of money trusted out.
1958 S. Selvon Turn again Tiger iv. 106 He ain't trusting any liquor, you have to pay cash.
c. intransitive. To supply goods or money without immediate payment; to give credit (credit n. 9). Also (occasionally): to receive credit. Now rare (Caribbean).
ΘΚΠ
society > trade and finance > management of money > solvency > be solvent [verb (intransitive)] > give credit
trust1647
tick1712
to hang it up1841
1647 Mercurius Melancholicus 4 Sept. 2 Faith shall pay for all; but the old Troynovants have tryen that so much, that theile trust no more.
1649 J. Lilburne Legall Fund. Liberties People of Eng. 61 A man cannot well keep any considerable Trade in a Shop, but he must trust much; which a man many times hazard the losse of.
1719 Free-thinker No. 152. 2 My Trade being in the Retail Way, I trusted little.
1771 F. Vesey Cases High Court Chancery 1 354 Others, who were induced to trust on the credit of his [sc. the bankrupt's] stock and trade.
1819 W. Scott Bride of Lammermoor xi, in Tales of my Landlord 3rd Ser. I. 303 The brewster's wife—she had trusted long—and the bill was aye scored up.
1849 F. A. Durivage Stray Subj. 84 To be taken in the first time he ‘trusted’ was an event.
1956 S. Selvon Lonely Londoners 84 ‘I will only give you credit,’ the shopkeeper say, to humour Tanty, but before long she spread the ballad all about that anybody could trust if they want, and the fellar get a list of creditors on his hands.
7. transitive. With with. To entrust (a person, etc.) with the care of or responsibility for a task, a valuable object, etc.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > care, protection, or charge > care for, protect, or have charge of [verb (transitive)] > commit to care or custody of another > invest (a person) with care or custody
trust?1517
credit1581
entrusta1586
compromit1590
concredit1658
?1517 Merchauntes Wyfe Felowe ye set moche pryce by your wyfe at home and truste her with all that ye haue.
1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. I. Matt. xxiv. 96 The mayster hauynge a tryall of his trustines, wyll be bolde to truste hym with greater thynges.
1602 W. Shakespeare Merry Wives of Windsor ii. ii. 291 Ile sooner trust an Irishman with my Aquauita bottle.
1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan ii. xix. 98 To keep those that had trusted him with the Government [etc.].
1718 Free-thinker No. 16. 2 They should never trust him with a Lighted Candle again.
1789 J. Moore Zeluco II. lxviii. 124 She was still afraid to trust her voice with words.
1828 W. Scott Fair Maid of Perth vii, in Chron. Canongate 2nd Ser. I. 179 Let us meet at the East Port..if it is your pleasure..to trust us with the matter.
1884 R. W. Church Bacon ix. 223 English seemed to him too homely to express the hopes of the world, too unstable to be trusted with them.
1927 Times (Hammond, Indiana) 12 Mar. 9/5 Dog leaders have to show references before people will trust them with expensive pets.
1969 J. Singer tr. I. B. Singer Estate i. ix. 119 What are you good for? You have delicate little hands. Nobody would trust you with a broken shilling.
2008 Guardian (Nexis) 2 Jan. 26 Plummy-voiced Ruperts who only the reckless would trust with their life savings.
ΘΚΠ
society > law > transfer of property > settlement of property > settle (property) [verb (transitive)] > put property in trust > make a trustee of
trust1596
1596 T. Cartwright & J. Throckmorton Brief Apologie sig. C3v Mr Atkins & Mr Tindall of Lincolnes Inne: who were (in deed) the men my brother trusted with his worldly estate.
1670 Act 22 Chas. II c. 12 §2 All such persons that are or shall be enfeoffed or trusted with any such Lands shall lett them to farme [etc.].
1792 J. J. Powell Wood's Compl. Body Conveyancing (ed. 6) I. Introd. p. xxvii When the use was limited upon covenant, then, one person and his heirs only could be trusted with the land.
1840 3rd Ann. Rep. (Massachusetts Board of Educ.) 30 (advt.) The wife abandoned by a husband, with whom she had trusted her paternal inheritance.
9. intransitive. In imperative. As an instruction to a dog: wait for a reward, often with a titbit in view. Cf. trust n. 9 and paid-for int. Now somewhat rare.
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1854 J. C. Maitland Cat & Dog 8 I learned to sit patiently watching the most tempting buttered crust on the ground under my nose, when she said ‘Trust, Captain!’ never dreaming of touching it.
1921 W. de la Mare Mem. Midget xlix. 331 Finger and thumb outstretched above the cringing little dog... ‘Trust, Plum, trust!’
1930 M. Allingham Myst. Mile xiv. 132 I put a bit of sugar on his nose and said ‘Trust’.
1974 G. Butler Coffin for Canary ix. 104 David was throwing him biscuits as to an old dog and saying ‘trust’.
Phrases
P1.
a. trust me: used to emphasize that what the speaker is saying is true.
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c1405 (c1380) G. Chaucer Second Nun's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) 229 Kepeth ay wel thise corones..Ne neuere mo ne shal they roten be Ne lese hir swote sauour, trusteth [c1425 Petworth tresteth] me.
a1475 (?a1430) J. Lydgate tr. G. Deguileville Pilgrimage Life Man (Vitell.) l. 7209 (MED) No man hath power, truste me, ffor to gon at liberte But he be gyrt ryht myghtyly.
a1592 R. Greene Hist. Orlando Furioso (1594) sig. Cii But trust me Princes I haue girt his fort, And I will sacke it.
1685 in N. Tate Poems by Several Hands 183 I ne'er can an inconstant Rover prove: Trust me; you're all that I shall ever Love.
1792 C. Dibdin in D. Sime Edinb. Mus. Misc. xcviii. 230 Trust me there's nothing as drinking So pleasant on this side the grave.
1830 A. E. Bray Talba II. xiii. 137 Let there be no slavery, and trust me there will be no rebellion against thee.
1865 C. Dickens Our Mutual Friend I. ii. xii. 288 Trust me, what you have complained of is at an end for ever.
1914 J. London Mutiny of Elsinor viii. 51 Her red blood sang to her only that she would always live... Oh, trust me, I knew the way of red blood.
1987 M. Ferris Hamlet, Cha-cha-cha! 63 Follow the script, relax, and your audience will howl throughout. Trust me.
2015 Daily Mirror (Nexis) 8 Apr. 39 He probably loves having two women fighting and crying over him... Putting on a front will help you get through it and, trust me, there's no better revenge than appearing happy.
b. chiefly humorous or ironic. trust me, I'm a——: used to express that the profession or occupation specified by the speaker is sufficient guarantee that he or she should be trusted.Earliest and frequently in trust me, I'm a doctor.
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1973 A. Linkletter Drugs at my Door Step i. 46 My understanding..was based on our traditions of medical and psychiatric therapy:..‘I'm the doctor; here's a list of things you can (or can't) do, eat, think about; take this medicine; trust me, I'm a doctor.’
1978 Chron.-Telegram (Elyria, Ohio) 29 Mar. c4/2 Doctors keep prices high by telling their patients ‘trust me I'm a doctor. I know best.’ ‘It's price fixing, but it's subtle,’ says Serian.
1987 Toronto Star (Nexis) 14 June d1 He wears a black T-shirt which says Trust me I'm a doctor.
2000 M. Beaumont e 12 Trust me, I'm an adman. See you at the meeting.
2014 Birmingham Evening Mail (Nexis) 3 Mar. 18 It is in no way reassuring to be told..that local MPs believe there are no plans for any cuts... Sorry, but the days of ‘trust me, I'm a politician’ are well and truly over.
P2. trust you (also him, them, etc.) (to——, also for——): it is characteristic or predictable for someone to act in the specified manner. Frequently in negative contexts.
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1812 M. Edgeworth Absentee x. in Tales Fashionable Life VI. 167 Oh trust him for that, he won't go security nor pay a farthing for his shister, nor wouldn't was she his father.
1834 L. Ritchie Wanderings by Seine 67 If a woman is in danger from the rain, whose umbrella..is at her service? The Frenchman's? Trust him!
1905 ‘N.Y. Detective’ in Secret Service 20 Jan. 14/2 Trust them to do the stupid act. I sized them up as a pair of chumps at the start.
1926 Boys' Life July 41/1 Good old Giggles! Trust him to bolster up everyone's nerve by making light of their situation. Trust him to get fun out of any happening.
1952 A. Wilson Hemlock & After (1957) 92 ‘It just left a beastly taste of spite and malice.’ ‘Yes,’ said Bernard; ‘trust Sherman for that.’
1990 S. Johnson Flying Lessons xvi. 127 ‘Trust you, Perl’, Beth said with a laugh,..‘you can always rely on a nurse to tell a good horror tale’.
2003 C. Birch Turn again Home xxx. 324 And that pond, God, trust him to make a complete mess of it.
P3. (not) to trust (a person) as far as one can throw him (also her) (and variants): to trust (a person) very little or not at all. Cf. far adv. 6c.
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1830 W. Carleton Traits & Stories Irish Peasantry II. 132 ‘I'd jist thrust him,’ replied Traynor, ‘as far as I could throw a cow by the tail.’
1850 Househ. Words 25 May 215/1 Take care of that fellow, Hewson. If I were in your place, I'd just trust him as far as I could throw him, and not an inch beyond.
1861 Rep. Select Comm. Native Police Force (Legislative Assembly of Queensland) 58 I would not trust them as far as I could throw a bullock by the tail.
1895 Eighth Ann. Rep. Board Mediation & Arbitration, N.Y. 307 The gentlemen..will have to admit that they have members in their organization..whom they, themselves, would not trust as far as they could throw them.
1934 L. T. White in O. Penzler Black Lizard Big Bk. of Pulps (2007) 791/2 He could trust neither Gus Nuene nor Sam Skuro as far as he could throw them with a broken wrist.
1941 N.Y. Amsterdam Star-News 4 Oct. 15/1 They're all alike and can be trusted only as far as you can throw a feather.
1960 G. W. Target Teachers (1962) 29 A tyke you couldn't trust as far as you could throw him.
1998 W. Lamb I know this Much is True (1999) xxiv. 400 I forgave him for who he was: a buffoon, a bigmouth, a guy who couldn't be trusted any further than you could throw him.
2013 Herald (Glasgow) (Nexis) 23 Dec. (Sport section) 12 The relationship between this unproven, unfamiliar, secretive board of directors and thousands of supporters who wouldn't trust them as far as they could throw them.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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