Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - trust

~1 n 1 »BELIEF« a strong belief in the honesty, goodness etc of someone or something  (an agreement made on the basis of mutual trust | put your trust in)  (You shouldn't put your trust in a man like that. | betray sb's trust (=do something that shows someone should not have trusted you)) 2 take sth on trust to believe that something is true without having any proof  (I just had to take it on trust that he would deliver the money.) 3 »FINANCIAL ARRANGEMENT« an arrangement by which someone has legal control of your money or property, especially until you are old enough to use it  (hold sth in trust)  (The money your father left you will be held in trust until you are .) 4 »ORGANIZATION« C usually singular an organization or group that has control over money that will be used to help someone else  (a charitable trust)  (- see also trust fund) 5 a position of trust a job or position in which you have been given the responsibility of making important decisions 6 »COMPANIES« especially AmE a group of companies that illegally work together to reduce competition and control prices  (anti-trust laws)  (- see also breach of trust breach1 (2), unit trust) ~2 v 1 »HONEST PEOPLE« to believe that someone is honest and will not harm you, cheat you etc  (I trusted Max, so I lent him the money. | trust sb to do sth)  (Can they be trusted to look after the house? | trust sb completely/implicitly)  (You must trust her implicitly and do everything she says. | not trust sb an inch BrE informal (=not trust someone at all))  (- opposite distrust2) 2 »DEPEND ON FACTS« to be sure that something is true or will happen  (I wouldn't trust any information I get from them. | trust sth to do sth)  (You can't trust the trains to run on time.) 3 trust sb's judgement to think that someone is likely to make the right decisions 4 trust you/him/them etc (to do sth)! spoken used to say that someone has behaved in a bad way that is typical of them  (Trust you to be late!) 5 I trust (that) spoken formal used to say politely that you hope something is true  (I trust that your family is well.) 6 trust sb with sth to believe that someone would be careful with something valuable or dangerous if you gave it to them  (Would you trust that kid with a hammer?)  (- see also trusting, tried and tested/trusted tried2) trust in sth/sb phr v formal to believe in someone or something  (We trust in God.) trust to sth phr v trust to luck/chance/fate etc to hope that luck etc will help you, usually because there is nothing else you can do trustee ~ n 1 someone who has control of money or property that is in a trust1 (3) for someone else 2 a member of a group that controls the money of a company, college, or other organization