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trust
noun [C] (LEGAL ARRANGEMENT) /trʌst/Definition
› a legal arrangement in which a person or organization controls property and/or money for another person or organization: Under the terms of the trust he receives interest on the money, but he cannot get at the money itself. The money that her father left her is being held/kept in trust (= being controlled) for her until she's 30.Trusts and funds
(Definition of trust noun (LEGAL ARRANGEMENT) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- annuity noun
- covenant noun
- escrow noun
- fiduciary adjective
- fund noun
- funding noun
- holding company noun
- inheritance noun (FROM DEAD PERSON)
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