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Definition of Trusts

Trust
Trust Trust, n. [OE. trust, trost, Icel. traust confidence, security; akin to Dan. & Sw. tr["o]st comfort, consolation, G. trost, Goth. trausti a convention, covenant, and E. true. See True, and cf. Tryst.] 1. Assured resting of the mind on the integrity, veracity, justice, friendship, or other sound principle, of another person; confidence; reliance; reliance. ``O ever-failing trust in mortal strength!' --Milton. Most take things upon trust. --Locke. 2. Credit given; especially, delivery of property or merchandise in reliance upon future payment; exchange without immediate receipt of an equivalent; as, to sell or buy goods on trust. 3. Assured anticipation; dependence upon something future or contingent, as if present or actual; hope; belief. ``Such trust have we through Christ.' --2 Cor. iii. 4. His trust was with the Eternal to be deemed Equal in strength. --Milton. 4. That which is committed or intrusted to one; something received in confidence; charge; deposit. 5. The condition or obligation of one to whom anything is confided; responsible charge or office. [I] serve him truly that will put me in trust. --Shak. Reward them well, if they observe their trust. --Denham. 6. That upon which confidence is reposed; ground of reliance; hope. O Lord God, thou art my trust from my youth. --Ps. lxxi. 5. 7. (Law) An estate devised or granted in confidence that the devisee or grantee shall convey it, or dispose of the profits, at the will, or for the benefit, of another; an estate held for the use of another; a confidence respecting property reposed in one person, who is termed the trustee, for the benefit of another, who is called the cestui que trust. 8. An organization formed mainly for the purpose of regulating the supply and price of commodities, etc.; as, a sugar trust. [Cant] Syn: Confidence; belief; faith; hope; expectation. Trust deed (Law), a deed conveying property to a trustee, for some specific use.
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Trust Trust, v. i. 1. To have trust; to be credulous; to be won to confidence; to confide. More to know could not be more to trust. --Shak. 2. To be confident, as of something future; to hope. I will trust and not be afraid. --Isa. xii. 2. 3. To sell or deliver anything in reliance upon a promise of payment; to give credit. It is happier sometimes to be cheated than not to trust. --Johnson. To trust in, To trust on, to place confidence in,; to rely on; to depend. ``Trust in the Lord, and do good.' --Ps. xxxvii. 3. ``A priest . . . on whom we trust.' --Chaucer. Her widening streets on new foundations trust. --Dryden. To trust to or unto, to depend on; to have confidence in; to rely on. They trusted unto the liers in wait. --Judges xx. 36.
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Trust Trust, a. Held in trust; as, trust property; trustmoney.

Meaning of Trusts from wikipedia

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- beneficiary. Trusts are commonly used to hold inheritances for the benefit of children and other family members, for example. In business, such trusts, with...