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trust

trust

45 7.0
A group of companies that work together to control a market
  • noun
  • /trʌst/
  • Archaic
translation icon : consorcio
  • Geographically, the diffusion and acceptance of trusts have been strikingly uneven.

Actually, what trust was trying to do was right.

Examples

  • Relationships are based on four characteristics: (a) trust, (b) mutual respect, (c) support, and (d) open and honest communication.

    Academic text (2011)
  • Effective meetings are those in which there is a high level of trust and cooperation among members.

    Academic text (1991)
  • Within six months, his trust had purchased the entire town.

  • With this recognition, the public trust doctrine found a home in American common law.

    Academic text (1992)
  • Other elements such as fair treatment, discipline, and an atmosphere of trust are also mentioned.

    Academic text (1995)
  • Cartel called "The Trust" is running a major Psyke operation.

  • Utah has one landscape-conservation group, the Summit Land Trust, located in the heavily non-Mormon Park City.

    Academic text (1993)
  • The completed questionnaires assessed service users' satisfaction by focusing on the domains of interaction, trust, and confidentiality and the consultation.

    Academic text (2012)
  • The pharmaceutical trust aims to regulate prices and ensure fair access to medications.

  • The government is investigating the large oil trust for potential anti-competitive practices.

Synonyms

cartel
vstrust
210 7.9

A group of businesses that agree to control production and prices to limit competition

focuses on controlling production and distribution rather than pricing or marketing
combine
vstrust
3 7.1

A group of companies that join to control production and reduce competition

includes control across goods or services more broadly
corporate trust
vstrust
  • Archaic
6.9

A group of companies that join to control prices and limit competition

tends to describe limiting competition without implying a stronger restriction

Idioms

Believe someone can make good decisions

Believe in planned steps even when results are not clear

Act on a feeling that something is right without checking facts

Compounds

trust fund
  • Specialized
49 3.7

Money or property kept and managed by someone for another person's use

brain trust
  • Literature
11 5.6

A group of expert advisors who help a leader, often unofficially in politics

public trust
  • Formal
11 4.9

A legal plan that holds money and property to help many people, for example a school or museum

blind trust
  • Specialized
4 5.8

A way to give money or property to someone else who manages it without the owner's knowledge

To break the trust someone gives you by acting dishonestly or failing a duty

living trust
  • Specialized
3 6.0

A legal plan that lets you keep control of your money and property while alive and avoid court after death

trust account
  • Specialized
3 4.4

A bank account where one person holds and manages money for another person who will get it later

A strong lasting relationship where people trust each other

3 5.1

A company that sells shares and invests the money in many other companies

A British charity that looks after old houses, gardens, and the countryside

2 3.9

A company that owns buildings or land that make money and sells shares to investors

An activity where people learn to depend on each other

deed of trust
  • Formal
2 8.4

A document that gives a person control of property to make sure a home loan is repaid

1 4.1

A loss of confidence in someone because they lie or break promises

charitable trust
  • Specialized
1 5.1

A legal arrangement that holds money or property to support charities and public causes, not for private profit

trust company
  • Specialized
1 5.3

A company that manages money and property for people or groups, including estates after death

trust corporation
  • Specialized
1 6.3

A company, often a bank, that manages money and property for other people

trust territory
  • Archaic
1 8.1

A territory run by another country under an international agreement, often supervised by the United Nations

A crime of illegally taking money or things someone gave you to look after and keeping them for yourself

Clifford trust
  • Specialized
9.9

A legal arrangement giving income to someone taxed less than the giver for at least ten years

8.6

A court order that makes someone give property back to a person wronged

corporate trust
  • Archaic
6.9

A group of companies that join to control prices and limit competition

discretionary trust
  • Specialized
7.8

A legal plan where a person in charge decides how much money each named person receives

direct trust
  • Formal
6.7

An arrangement set up by people on purpose, often in writing, to control money and property

active trust
  • Formal
7.3

A way of holding property where the person in charge must manage it and act for the people who benefit

express trust
  • Formal
7.0

An agreement people make on purpose to hold and manage money or property for someone, usually written down

8.3

A fund that keeps the same stocks or bonds selected at the start

grantor trust
  • Specialized
9.7

An arrangement where the person who creates it keeps control and pays tax on the income it earns

implied trust
  • Formal
8.1

A legal right to property that the law finds from people's actions when none was written

9.2

A trust made while the owner is alive to manage money or property for other people

involuntary trust
  • Specialized
9.9

A court decision giving property to someone who unjustly lost it

An investment that must hold only the stocks and bonds chosen when it was set up

resulting trust
  • Specialized
9.8

A court order making one person hold property for another when they meant to but did not make it legal

passive trust
  • Formal
8.0

A legal arrangement where someone holds property for another without any duties

savings account trust
  • Specialized
6.1

A bank savings account you control now that gives the money to a named person after your death

7.4

A bank account where one person keeps and controls money for a named person who receives it after their death

9.6

A plan made in a will that holds and manages money or property after someone dies

Totten trust
  • Formal
9.1

A bank account set up so the money goes to a named person when the owner dies

trust deed
  • Specialized
7.1

A document that gives property to a trustee as security for a loan

Open honest communication that creates confidence between people or groups

trust busting
  • Archaic
6.3

Government actions to break up very large companies that control a market

9.9

A legal plan that gives someone money but keeps others in charge to protect the money from their debts

6.0

A managed fund that puts many people's money together to buy different investments

unit investment trust
  • Specialized
7.2

A company that pools money to buy a set of stocks and bonds, with shares investors can sell back

voting trust
  • Specialized
7.1

An agreement where shareholders give their right to vote to other people but keep their shares

How Dominant

monopoly
  • Specialized
148 4.9
cartel
210 7.9
trust
  • Archaic
45 7.0
consortium
62 6.7
partnership
161 2.9

Surface Forms

trust singular
trusts plural

Etymology

The business meaning of trust grew from the legal trust: companies put control into a single 'trust' to manage many firms, so a trust became a group that controls a market.