trust
Confidence in or reliance on some person or quality.
Noun 4 meanings
Confidence in or reliance on some person or quality.
“He needs to regain her trust if he is ever going to win her back.”
Dependence upon something in the future; hope.
Confidence in the future payment for goods or services supplied; credit.
“I was out of cash, but the landlady let me have it on trust.”
That which is committed or entrusted; something received in confidence; a charge.
Verb 4 meanings
To place confidence in, to rely on, to confide in.
“We cannot trust anyone who deceives us.”
To have faith in; to rely on for continuing support or aid.
“In God We Trust”
To give credence to; to believe; to credit.
To hope confidently; to believe (usually with a phrase or infinitive clause as the object)
“I trust you have cleaned your room?”
Adjective 1 meaning
of or relating to a trust.
Etymology
From Middle English trust, trost (“trust, protection”).
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TRUST at a glance
TRUST has 5 letters and scores 5 points in Scrabble (T 1 + R 1 + U 1 + S 1 + T 1) and 6 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #746 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with trust
All rhymesOne letter away
- CRUST7
- TRUSS5
- TRYST8
- TRIST5
- BRUST7
- FRUST8
- TREST5
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