trust
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(verb) have confidence or faith in; "We can trust in God"; "Rely on your friends"; "bank on your good education" |
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Synonyms: bank, rely, swear |
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Related Words: believe, bet on, calculate on, count on, count upon, credit, depend on, depend upon, lean, look to, reckon on, rely on, rely upon |
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Antonyms: distrust, mistrust |
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(verb) extend credit to |
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Related Words: sell |
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(verb) allow without fear |
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Related Words: allow, countenance, let, permit |
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(noun) the trait of trusting; of believing in the honesty and reliability of others; "the experience destroyed his trust and personal dignity" |
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Synonyms: trustfulness, trustingness |
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Related Words: credulity, trait |
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Antonyms: distrust |
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(noun) a consortium of companies formed to limit competition; "they set up the trust in the hope of gaining a monopoly" |
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Synonyms: cartel, combine |
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Related Words: consortium, pool, syndicate |
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(noun) something (as property) held by one party (the trustee) for the benefit of another (the beneficiary); "he is the beneficiary of a generous trust set up by his father" |
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Related Words: Clifford trust, Totten trust, active trust, belongings, charitable trust, direct trust, discretionary trust, express trust, grantor trust, holding, implied trust, inter vivos trust, living trust, material possession, passive trust, property, public trust, savings account trust, savings bank trust, spendthrift trust, testamentary trust, trust account, trustee account, voting trust |
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(verb) be confident about something; "I believe that he will come back from the war" |
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Synonyms: believe |
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Related Words: anticipate, expect |
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(verb) expect with desire; "I trust you will behave better from now on"; "I hope she understands that she cannot exepct a raise" |
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Synonyms: desire, hope |
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Related Words: wish |
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(noun) certainty based on past experience; "he wrote the paper with considerable reliance on the work of other scientists"; "he put more trust in his own two legs than in the gun" |
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Synonyms: reliance |
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Related Words: certainty |
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(noun) complete confidence in a person or plan etc; "he cherished the faith of a good woman"; "the doctor-patient relationship is based on trust" |
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Synonyms: faith |
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Related Words: belief |
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(noun) a trustful relationship; "he took me into his confidence"; "he betrayed their trust" |
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Synonyms: confidence |
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Related Words: friendly relationship, friendship |
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(verb) To confer a trust upon; "The messenger was entrusted with the general's secret"; "I commit my soul to God" |
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Synonyms: commit, confide, entrust, intrust |
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Related Words: charge, commend, consign, give, hand, pass, pass on, reach, recommit, turn over |
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