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trusts

/tɹʌsts/

trusts is the plural of trust.

trusts is the third-person singular simple present indicative of trust.

Meaning of trust

Noun

trust (countable and uncountable, plural trusts)

  1. 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. Dependence upon something in the future; hope.
    • Such trust have we through Christ.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 2 Corinthians 3:4
  3. 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. That which is committed or entrusted; something received in confidence; a charge.
  5. That upon which confidence is reposed; ground of reliance; hope.
    • O Lord God, thou art my trust from my youth.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Psalms 71:5
  6. (rare) Trustworthiness, reliability.

See all 25 meanings of trust

Phrases with trusts

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Words that rhyme with trusts

Questions about trusts

What is trusts the plural of?
Trusts is the plural of trust.
How do you pronounce trusts?
Trusts is pronounced /tɹʌsts/.

Words near trusts in the dictionary

  1. trustmen
  2. trustmonger
  3. trustmongers
  4. trustor
  5. trustors
  6. trusts
  7. trusts someone across the street
  8. trusts someone as far as one can spit
  9. trusts someone as far as one could fling a bull by the tail
  10. trusts someone as far as one could spit
  11. trusts someone as far as one could throw them

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