Trust vs. Fund
Trustnoun
Confidence in or reliance on some person or quality.
Trustnoun
Dependence upon something in the future; hope.
Trustnoun
Confidence in the future payment for goods or services supplied; credit.
Trustnoun
That which is committed or entrusted; something received in confidence; a charge.
Trustnoun
That upon which confidence is reposed; ground of reliance; hope.
Trustnoun
(rare) Trustworthiness, reliability.
Trustnoun
The condition or obligation of one to whom anything is confided; responsible charge or office.
Trustnoun
(legal) The confidence vested in a person who has legal ownership of a property to manage for the benefit of another.
Trustnoun
(legal) 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.
Trustnoun
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.
Trustnoun
(computing) Affirmation of the access rights of a user of a computer system.
Trustverb
(transitive) To place confidence in; to rely on, to confide, or have faith, in.
Trustverb
(transitive) To give credence to; to believe; to credit.
Trustverb
(transitive) To hope confidently; to believe (usually with a phrase or infinitive clause as the object)
Trustverb
(transitive) to show confidence in a person by entrusting them with something.
Trustverb
(transitive) To commit, as to one's care; to entrust.
Trustverb
(transitive) To give credit to; to sell to upon credit, or in confidence of future payment.
Trustverb
To risk; to venture confidently.
Trustverb
(intransitive) To have trust; to be credulous; to be won to confidence; to confide.
Trustverb
(intransitive) To be confident, as of something future; to hope.
Trustverb
To sell or deliver anything in reliance upon a promise of payment; to give credit.
Trustadjective
(obsolete) Secure, safe.
Trustadjective
(obsolete) Faithful, dependable.
Trustadjective
(legal) of or relating to a trust.
Trustnoun
Assured resting of the mind on the integrity, veracity, justice, friendship, or other sound principle, of another person; confidence; reliance; reliance.
Trustnoun
Credit given; especially, delivery of property or merchandise in reliance upon future payment; exchange without immediate receipt of an equivalent; as, to sell or buy goods on trust.
Trustnoun
Assured anticipation; dependence upon something future or contingent, as if present or actual; hope; belief.
Trustnoun
That which is committed or intrusted to one; something received in confidence; charge; deposit.
Trustnoun
The condition or obligation of one to whom anything is confided; responsible charge or office.
Trustnoun
That upon which confidence is reposed; ground of reliance; hope.
Trustnoun
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; a confidence respecting property reposed in one person, who is termed the trustee, for the benefit of another, who is called the cestui que trust.
Trustnoun
An equitable right or interest in property distinct from the legal ownership thereof; a use (as it existed before the Statute of Uses); also, a property interest held by one person for the benefit of another. Trusts are active, or special, express, implied, constructive, etc. In a passive trust the trustee simply has title to the trust property, while its control and management are in the beneficiary.
Trustnoun
A business organization or combination consisting of a number of firms or corporations operating, and often united, under an agreement creating a trust (in sense 1), esp. one formed mainly for the purpose of regulating the supply and price of commodities, etc.; often, opprobriously, a combination formed for the purpose of controlling or monopolizing a trade, industry, or business, by doing acts in restraint or trade; as, a sugar trust. A trust may take the form of a corporation or of a body of persons or corporations acting together by mutual arrangement, as under a contract or a so-called gentlemen's agreement. When it consists of corporations it may be effected by putting a majority of their stock either in the hands of a board of trustees (whence the name trust for the combination) or by transferring a majority to a holding company. The advantages of a trust are partly due to the economies made possible in carrying on a large business, as well as the doing away with competition. In the United States severe statutes against trusts have been passed by the Federal government and in many States, with elaborate statutory definitions.
Trustadjective
Held in trust; as, trust property; trustmoney.
Trustverb
To place confidence in; to rely on, to confide, or repose faith, in; as, we can not trust those who have deceived us.
Trustverb
To give credence to; to believe; to credit.
Trustverb
To hope confidently; to believe; - usually with a phrase or infinitive clause as the object.
Trustverb
to show confidence in a person by intrusting (him) with something.
Trustverb
To commit, as to one's care; to intrust.
Trustverb
To give credit to; to sell to upon credit, or in confidence of future payment; as, merchants and manufacturers trust their customers annually with goods.
Trustverb
To risk; to venture confidently.
Trustverb
To have trust; to be credulous; to be won to confidence; to confide.
Trustverb
To be confident, as of something future; to hope.
Trustverb
To sell or deliver anything in reliance upon a promise of payment; to give credit.
Trustnoun
something (as property) held by one party (the trustee) for the benefit of another (the beneficiary);
Trustnoun
certainty based on past experience;
Trustnoun
the trait of trusting; of believing in the honesty and reliability of others;
Trustnoun
a consortium of independent organizations formed to limit competition by controlling the production and distribution of a product or service;
Trustnoun
complete confidence in a person or plan etc;
Trustnoun
a trustful relationship;
Trustverb
have confidence or faith in;
Trustverb
allow without fear
Trustverb
be confident about something;
Trustverb
expect and wish;
Trustverb
confer a trust upon;
Trustverb
extend credit to
Fundnoun
A sum or source of money.
Fundnoun
An organization managing such money.
Fundnoun
A money-management operation, such as a mutual fund.
Fundnoun
A large supply of something to be drawn upon.
Fundverb
(transitive) To pay for.
Fundnoun
An aggregation or deposit of resources from which supplies are or may be drawn for carrying on any work, or for maintaining existence.
Fundnoun
A stock or capital; a sum of money appropriated as the foundation of some commercial or other operation undertaken with a view to profit; that reserve by means of which expenses and credit are supported; as, the fund of a bank, commercial house, manufacturing corporation, etc.
Fundnoun
The stock of a national debt; public securities; evidences (stocks or bonds) of money lent to government, for which interest is paid at prescribed intervals; - called also public funds.
Fundnoun
An invested sum, whose income is devoted to a specific object; as, the fund of an ecclesiastical society; a fund for the maintenance of lectures or poor students; also, money systematically collected to meet the expenses of some permanent object.
Fundnoun
A store laid up, from which one may draw at pleasure; a supply; a full provision of resources; as, a fund of wisdom or good sense.
Fundverb
To provide and appropriate a fund or permanent revenue for the payment of the interest of; to make permanent provision of resources (as by a pledge of revenue from customs) for discharging the interest of or principal of; as, to fund government notes.
Fundverb
To place in a fund, as money.
Fundverb
To put into the form of bonds or stocks bearing regular interest; as, to fund the floating debt.
Fundnoun
a reserve of money set aside for some purpose
Fundnoun
a supply of something available for future use;
Fundnoun
a financial institution that sells shares to individuals and invests in securities issued by other companies
Fundverb
convert (short-term floating debt) into long-term debt that bears fixed interest and is represented by bonds
Fundverb
place or store up in a fund for accumulation
Fundverb
provide a fund for the redemption of principal or payment of interest
Fundverb
invest money in government securities
Fundverb
accumulate a fund for the discharge of a recurrent liability;
Fundverb
furnish money for;
Fundnoun
a sum of money saved or made available for a particular purpose
Fundnoun
financial resources
Fundnoun
a large stock or supply of something, especially information or knowledge
Fundnoun
the stock of the national debt (as a mode of investment).
Fundverb
provide with money for a particular purpose
