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fiduciary duty

fiduciary duty noun: the legal obligation of loyalty under which a fiduciary may have no conflict of duty between themselves and their principal, and must not profit from their position as a fiduciary.

Noun

fiduciary duty (plural fiduciary duties)

  1. The legal obligation of loyalty under which a fiduciary may have no conflict of duty between themselves and their principal, and must not profit from their position as a fiduciary.
    • The company’s charter bluntly states that OpenAI’s “primary fiduciary duty is to humanity,” not to investors or even employees.2023 November 20, Karen Hao, Charlie Warzel, “Inside the Chaos at OpenAI”, in The Atlantic

Forms of fiduciary duty

pluralfiduciary duties

Questions about fiduciary duty

What does fiduciary duty mean?
Fiduciary duty means the legal obligation of loyalty under which a fiduciary may have no conflict of duty between themselves and their principal, and must not profit from their position as a fiduciary.
What part of speech is fiduciary duty?
Fiduciary duty is a noun.
What is the plural of fiduciary duty?
The plural of fiduciary duty is fiduciary duties.

Words near fiduciary duty in the dictionary

  1. fiducials
  2. fiduciaries
  3. fiduciarily
  4. fiduciary
  5. fiduciary duties
  6. fiduciary duty
  7. fidus Achates
  8. fidya
  9. fidyah
  10. fie
  11. fie away

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