firm belief in the reliability, truth, or ability of someone or something

relations have to be built on trust

they have been able to win the trust of the others

an arrangement whereby a person (a trustee) holds property as its nominal owner for the good of one or more beneficiaries

a trust was set up

the property is to be held in trust for his son

a large company that has or attempts to gain monopolistic control of a market

commercial credit

my master lived on trust at an alehouse

a hope or expectation

all the great trusts of womanhood

believe in the reliability, truth, or ability of

I should never have trusted her

he can be trusted to carry out an impartial investigation

allow credit to (a customer)

all persons are forbid to trust sailors