Trustとは意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• enPR: trŭst, IPA^(key): /trʌst/, [tɹʌst], [tɹɐst], [t͡ʃɹ-]
• (Northern England) IPA^(key): /trʊst/
• 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.

   to lose trust in someone

   build up trust

   a relationship built on mutual trust

   • 1689 (indicated as 1690), [John Locke], chapter I, in An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding. […], London: […] Eliz[abeth] Holt, for Thomas Basset, […], OCLC 153628242:

     taking things upon trust.

   • 1671, John Milton, Samson Agonistes

     O ever-failing trust / In mortal strength!

2. Dependence upon something in the future; hope.
   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981, 2 Corinthians 3:4:

     Such trust have we through Christ.

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), London: […] Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981, Psalms 71:5:

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

6. (rare) 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 […] (First Folio), London: […] 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

   • 17th century, John Denham, Of Justice

     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 arrangement whereby property or money is given to be held by a third party (a trustee), on the basis that it will be managed for the benefit of, or eventually transferred to, a stated beneficiary; for example, money to be given to a child when he or she reaches adulthood.
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

• (confidence in a person または quality): belief, confidence, faith
• (hope): expectation, hope

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 in.

   We cannot trust anyone who deceives us.

   • 1599, William Shakespeare, “The Life of Henry the Fift”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act IV, scene i]:

     If I live to see it, I will never trust his word after.

   • October 5, 1751, Samuel Johnson, The Rambler No. 162

     He that trusts without reserve will at last be deceived.

2. (intransitive, with in) To have faith in; to rely on for continuing support or aid.

   In God We Trust (official US motto)

   • 1967, Sherman Brothers (lyrics かつ music), “Trust in Me (The Python's Song)”, in The Jungle Book:

     Trust in me, just in me / Shut your eyes and trust in me

3. (transitive) To give credence to; to believe; to credit.
   • c. 1596–1599, William Shakespeare, “The Second Part of Henry the Fourth, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act III, scene ii]:

     Trust me, you looke well.

4. (transitive) To hope confidently; to believe (usually with a phrase または infinitive clause as the object)

   I trust you have cleaned your room?

   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981, 2 John 1:12:

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

   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981, Hebrews 13:18:

     We trust we have a good conscience.

5. (transitive) to show confidence in a person by entrusting them with something.
   • 1675, John Dryden, Aureng-zebe: A Tragedy. […], London: […] T[homas] N[ewcomb] for Henry Herringman, […], published 1676, OCLC 228724395, (please specify the page number):

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

6. (transitive) To commit, as to one's care; to entrust.
   • 1849–1861, Thomas Babington Macaulay, The History of England from the Accession of James the Second, volume (please specify |volume=I to V), London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, OCLC 1069526323:

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

7. (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.

8. (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.

9. (archaic, transitive) To risk; to venture confidently.
   • 1667, John Milton, “Book 9”, in Paradise Lost. A Poem Written in Ten Books, London: […] [Samuel Simmons], […], OCLC 228722708; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, OCLC 230729554:

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

10. (intransitive) To have trust; to be credulous; to be won to confidence; to confide.
    • c. 1604–1605, William Shakespeare, “All’s VVell, that Ends VVell”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act II, scene i], page 236, column 2:

      More ſhould I queſtion thee, and more I muſt, / Though more to know, could not be more to truſt: […]

    • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981, Isaiah 12:2:

      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.

反意語

• distrust
• mistrust

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