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trust

noun
  1. Absolute certainty in the trustworthiness of another: belief, confidence, dependence, faith, reliance. See belief
  2. The function of watching, guarding, or overseeing: care, charge, custody, guardianship, keeping, superintendence, supervision. See care for
  3. A combination of businesses closely interconnected for common profit: cartel, combine, pool, syndicate. See group, money
verb
  1. To place trust or confidence in. Also used with in: bank on or upon , believe in, count on or upon , depend on or upon , reckon on or upon , rely on or upon . See trust
  2. To have confidence in the truthfulness of: believe, credit. Idiom: take at one's word. See opinion
  3. To put in the charge of another for care, use, or performance: commend, commit, confide, consign, entrust, give (over), hand over, relegate, turn over. Idiom: give in trust (or charge). See give
  4. To place a trust upon: charge, entrust. See trust

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