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| Main Entry: | trust |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | belief in something as true, trustworthy |
| Synonyms: | assurance, certainty, confidence, conviction, credence, credit, expectation, faith, gospel truth*, hope, reliance, stock, store, certitude, dependence, entrustment, positiveness, sureness |
| Antonyms: | disbelief, distrust, mistrust |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | trust |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | believe, place confidence in |
| Synonyms: | accredit, assume, bank on, count on, expect, hope, imagine, presume, suppose, surmise, swear by, take, be convinced, bet bottom dollar on, bet on, build on, calculate on, confide in, depend on, gamble on, have faith in, lay money on, lean on, look to, place confidence in, place trust in, reckon on, rely upon, take at face value, think likely |
| Antonyms: | disbelieve, distrust, mistrust |
| Main Entry: | trust |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | responsibility, custody |
| Synonyms: | account, care, charge, duty, guard, guardianship, keeping, liability, moment, obligation, protection, safekeeping, ward, trusteeship |
| Main Entry: | trust |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | give to for safekeeping |
| Synonyms: | advance, aid, assign, command, commission, commit, confer, confide, consign, delegate, entrust, grant, lend, let, loan, patronize, store, transfer, turn over, give over, let out, make trustee, put into hands of, sign over |
| Antonyms: | hold, keep |
| Main Entry: | trust |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | large company |
| Synonyms: | bunch, business, cartel, chain, combine, conglomerate, corporation, crew, crowd, gang, group, institution, mob, monopoly, outfit, pool, ring, syndicate, megacorp, multinational organization |
| Main Entry: | bank on |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | depend upon |
| Synonyms: | assume, count on, stake, trust, venture, wager, be sure about, believe in, bet on, build on, gamble on, lean on, look to, reckon on, rely on |
| Main Entry: | bequest |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | something given in will |
| Synonyms: | devise, endowment, estate, gift, heritage, inheritance, legacy, settlement, trust, bequeathal, bequeathment, bestowal, devisal, dower |
| Main Entry: | bet |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | gamble |
| Synonyms: | ante, chance, dice, game, hazard, pledge, put, risk, set, speculate, trust, venture, wager, buy in on, lay down, lay odds, play against, play for, play the ponies, pony up, put money on, tempt fortune, toss up |
| Main Entry: | cartel |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | group which shares business interest |
| Synonyms: | bunch*, chain, combine, conglomerate, corporation, crew*, crowd*, gang*, mob*, monopoly, multinational*, outfit*, pool, ring*, syndicate, trust, consortium, holding company, megacorp, plunderbund |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | conglomerate |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | composite organization |
| Synonyms: | agglomerate, agglomeration, aggregate, aggregation, cartel, chain, combine, conglomeration, group, multinational, pool, syndicate, trust |
| Notes: | in geology, an agglomerate is a mass consisting of volcanic or eruptive fragments which have united under the action of heat - as opposed to a conglomerate, composed of waterworn fragments united by some substance in aqueous solution |
| Main Entry: | count on/count upon |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | depend on; rely |
| Synonyms: | bank on, bargain for, believe, heed, score, swear by, tab, trust, aim for, believe in, bet bottom dollar, bet on, expect from, lean on, pin faith on, place confidence in, plan on, reckon on, rest on, stake on, take as gospel truth, take for granted, take on trust |
| Antonyms: | disbelieve, distrust, not expect |
| Main Entry: | covenant |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | pact, promise |
| Synonyms: | agreement, arrangement, bargain, bond, commitment, compact, contract, convention, deal, deed, dicker*, papers, stipulation, transaction, treaty, trust, concordat, handshake |
| Antonyms: | disagreement |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | encouragement |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | help, support |
| Synonyms: | advance, advocacy, aid, animation, assistance, backing, boost, cheer, comfort, confidence, consolation, easement, faith, favor, firmness, fortitude, helpfulness, hope, incentive, incitement, inspiration, optimism, promotion, refreshment, relief, reward, softening, stimulation, stimulus, succor, supporting, trust, urging, consoling, enlivening, inspiritment, invigoration, reassurance, reassuring, relieving, shot in the arm, solacing |
| Antonyms: | denunciation, derision, deterrent, discouragement |
| Main Entry: | entrust |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | give custody, authority to |
| Synonyms: | allocate, allot, assign, authorize, bank, charge, commend, commit, confer, confide, consign, count, delegate, deliver, depend, hand over, impose, invest, reckon, relegate, rely, trust, turn over, bend an ear, deposit with, leave with |
| Main Entry: | expectancy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | anticipation |
| Synonyms: | assumption, assurance, belief, calculation, confidence, conjecture, expectation, hope, likelihood, outlook, prediction, presentation, presentiment, presumption, probability, prospect, reliance, supposition, surmise, suspense, trust, view, looking forward, waiting |
| Main Entry: | expectation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | belief, anticipation |
| Synonyms: | apprehension, assumption, assurance, calculation, chance, confidence, conjecture, design, expectancy, fear, forecast, hope, intention, likelihood, motive, notion, outlook, possibility, prediction, presumption, probability, promise, prospect, reliance, supposition, surmise, suspense, trust, view, looking forward |
| Main Entry: | fund |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | repository, reserve |
| Synonyms: | armamentarium, capital, endowment, foundation, hoard, inventory, kitty*, mine, pool*, reservoir, source, stock, store, storehouse, supply, treasury, trust, vein |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | group |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | number of individuals collectively |
| Synonyms: | accumulation, aggregation, assemblage, assembly, association, assortment, band, batch, battery, bevy, body, bunch, bundle, cartel, category, chain, circle, class, clique, clot, club, clump, cluster, clutch, collection, combination, combine, company, conglomerate, congregation, coterie, covey, crew, crowd, faction, formation, gang, gathering, grade, league, lot, mess, organization, pack, parcel, party, platoon, pool, posse, set, society, sort, suite, syndicate, troop, trust, passel, shooting match |
| Main Entry: | hope |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | long for, dream about |
| Synonyms: | anticipate, aspire, assume, await, believe, cherish, contemplate, count on, desire, expect, foresee, hold, pray, presume, rely, suppose, surmise, suspect, sweat*, trust, wish, be sure of, deem likely, depend on, feel confident, hang in, have faith, keep fingers crossed, knock on wood, look at sunny side, look forward to, promise oneself, sweat it, sweat it out, take heart, think to, watch for |
| Antonyms: | despair, disbelieve, fear |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | lend |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | loan, accommodate |
| Synonyms: | add, advance, afford, allow, bestow, confer, contribute, entrust, extend, furnish, give, grant, impart, let, loan shark, oblige, permit, present, provide, stake, supply, trust, lay on one, lend-lease, shark |
| Antonyms: | borrow |
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