trust

About 45.79 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun Confidence in or reliance on some person or quality.

   He needs to regain her trust if he is ever going to win her back.

2. noun Dependence upon something in the future; hope.
3. noun 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.

4. noun That which is committed or entrusted; something received in confidence; a charge.
5. noun That upon which confidence is reposed; ground of reliance; hope.
6. noun Trustworthiness, reliability.
7. noun The condition or obligation of one to whom anything is confided; responsible charge or office.
8. noun The confidence vested in a person who has legal ownership of a property to manage for the benefit of another.

   I put the house into my sister's trust.

Similar words

rely trustingness trustfulness reliance entrust believe faith commit swear confide

Often followed by

in and that to the for me is you

Word family

a position of trust betray her trust betray his trust betray my trust betray our trust betray their trust betray your trust betrayed her trust betrayed his trust betrayed my trust