Trustとは

意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• IPA^(key): /tɹʌst/
• (some 米国発音 varieties also) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃɹʌst]
• 韻: -ʌst

名詞

trust (countable かつ uncountable, 複数形 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.

   • (Can we date this quote by John Locke かつ provide title, author's full name, かつ other details?)

     Most take things upon trust.

     1671, John Milton, Samson Agonistes

     O ever-failing trust / In mortal strength!

2. Dependence upon something in the future; hope.

   • 1611, Such trust have we through Christ. — Authorised Version, 2 Corinthians iii: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.
   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), imprinted at London: By Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981, Psalms 71:5:

     O Lord God, thou art my trust from my youth.

6. (まれに) Trustworthiness, reliability.
7. The condition or obligation of one to whom anything is confided; responsible charge or office.
   • c. 1603–1606, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of King Lear”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: Printed by Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act I, scene iv]:

     I do profess to be no less than I seem; to serve him truly that
     will put me in trust

   • (Can we date this quote by Denham かつ provide title, author's full name, かつ other details?)

     Reward them well, if they observe their trust.

8. (law) The confidence vested in a person who has legal ownership of a property to manage for the benefit of another.

   I put the house into my sister's trust.

9. (law) An estate devised or granted in confidence that the devisee or grantee shall convey it, or dispose of the profits, at the will, or for the benefit, of another; an estate held for the use of another.
10. A group of businessmen or traders organised for mutual benefit to produce and distribute specific commodities or services, and managed by a central body of trustees.
11. (computing) Affirmation of the access rights of a user of a computer system.

同意語

反意語

• distrust
• mistrust
• untrust
• wantrust

派生語

動詞

trust (三人称単数 現在形 trusts, 現在分詞 trusting, 過去形および過去分詞形 trusted)

1. (transitive) To place confidence in; to rely on, to confide, or have faith, in.

   We cannot trust anyone who deceives us.

   In God We Trust ― official US motto

   • c. 1597, William Shakespeare, Henry IV, Act I scene iv:

     I will never trust his word after.

   • (Can we date this quote?)

     He that trusts every one without reserve will at last be deceived.

2. (transitive) To give credence to; to believe; to credit.
   • (Can we date this quote?) William Shakespeare

     Trust me, you look well.

3. (transitive) To hope confidently; to believe (usually with a phrase または infinitive clause as the object)
   • (Can we date this quote?) 2 John 12.

     I trust to come unto you, and speak face to face.

   • (Can we date this quote?) Heb. xiii. 18.

     We trust we have a good conscience.

   I trust you have cleaned your room?

4. (transitive) to show confidence in a person by entrusting them with something.
   • {{rfdate|en|John Dryden]].

     Whom, with your power and fortune, sir, you trust, Now to suspect is vain.

5. (transitive) To commit, as to one's care; to entrust.
   • {{rfdate|en|Macaulay]].

     Merchants were not willing to trust precious cargoes to any custody but that of a man-of-war.

6. (transitive) To give credit to; to sell to upon credit, or in confidence of future payment.

   Merchants and manufacturers trust their customers annually with goods.

   • (Can we date this quote by Johnson かつ provide title, author's full name, かつ other details?)

     It is happier sometimes to be cheated than not to trust.

7. (intransitive, followed by to) To rely on (something), as though having trust (on it).

   to trust to luck

   Having lost the book, he had to trust to his memory for further details.

8. (archaic, transitive) To risk; to venture confidently.
   • (Can we date this quote?)

     [Beguiled] by thee to trust thee from my side.

9. (intransitive) To have trust; to be credulous; to be won to confidence; to confide.
   • 1604, William Shakespeare, All's Well That Ends Well
10. (intransitive) To be confident, as of something future; to hope.
    • (Can we date this quote?) Isa. xii. 2

      I will trust and not be afraid.

11. (archaic, intransitive) To sell or deliver anything in reliance upon a promise of payment; to give credit.
    • (Can we date this quote by Johnson かつ provide title, author's full name, かつ other details?)

      It is happier sometimes to be cheated than not to trust.

反意語

• distrust
• mistrust
• trust

派生語

形容詞

trust (comparative more trust, superlative most trust)

1. (obsolete) Secure, safe.
2. (obsolete) Faithful, dependable.
3. (law) of or relating to a trust.

アナグラム

• strut, sturt