I.
noun
1 relying on sb/sth
ADJECTIVE
▪ great
▪
They have placed great ~ in him as a negotiator.
▪ absolute , complete , perfect , total
▪ blind , implicit
▪
They followed the instructions in blind ~ that all would turn out well.
▪ little
▪
They had little ~ for outsiders.
▪ basic
▪ mutual
▪ personal ( esp. AmE )
▪
The President needs to rebuild his personal ~ with the electorate.
▪ consumer , public , social ( esp. AmE )
▪
a campaign to build consumer ~ in the quality of dairy products
▪
the need to restore public ~
▪ sacred
▪
They accepted the responsibility as a sacred ~ ( = sth that had been trusted to them ).
▪ fragile
▪
the fragile ~ that existed between them
▪ misplaced
VERB + TRUST
▪ have
▪
We have absolute ~ in the teachers.
▪
Does the plan have the ~ and cooperation of the workers?
▪ place , put
▪ establish
▪ build , build up , develop
▪ earn , foster , gain , win
▪ engender , inspire
▪
This girl does not exactly inspire ~.
▪ deserve
▪
I will do all I can do to deserve your ~.
▪ abuse , betray , break , destroy , violate ( esp. AmE )
▪
He claimed the government had betrayed the ~ of the people.
▪ erode , undermine
▪
He undermined public ~ in his office.
▪ lose
▪ keep , maintain
▪
It's good that you kept her ~.
▪ rebuild , regain , restore
▪ be based on
▪
a relationship based on ~
TRUST + VERB
▪ exist
PREPOSITION
▪ ~ among , ~ between
▪
This requires a certain level of ~ among the community's members.
▪
efforts to promote mutual ~ between nations
▪ ~ for
▪
their love and ~ for one another
▪ ~ in
▪
His ~ in them was misplaced.
PHRASES
▪ a breach of ~ , a lack of ~ , a position of ~
▪
As a teacher, you are in a position of ~.
2 financial arrangement/company
ADJECTIVE
▪ offshore ( esp. BrE )
▪ investment , unit ( BrE )
▪
a publicly traded real estate investment ~ ( AmE )
▪
Investing in a unit ~ reduces risks for small investors.
▪ family
VERB + TRUST
▪ hold sth in , hold sth on , keep sth in
▪
The proceeds will be held in ~ for the children until they are eighteen.
▪ create , establish , form , set up
▪
They set up a ~ for their grandchildren's education.
▪ invest in
TRUST + NOUN
▪ account , assets , fund
▪ deed
▪ property
▪ status
▪ manager
▪ company
▪ beneficiary
PREPOSITION
▪ in ~
▪
His father put the money in ~ for him until he was 21.
▪ ~ for
3 ( esp. BrE ) a charity organization
ADJECTIVE
▪ independent
▪ charitable , non-profit , not-for-profit
▪ hospital ( BrE )
▪ land ( AmE )
VERB + TRUST
▪ manage , run
▪
They ran the ~ as a non-profit making concern.
TRUST + VERB
▪ own
▪
The ~ owns the land and the buildings.
▪ manage , run
▪
a heritage site that is run by a charitable ~
PREPOSITION
▪ ~ for
▪
the Cecil Houses Trust for old people
II.
verb
ADVERB
▪ implicitly
▪
I ~ you implicitly.
▪ blindly
▪
In my position I cannot risk blindly ~ing anyone.
▪ completely , fully , really , totally , truly
▪
the only person I truly ~ed
▪ not entirely , not fully , not necessarily , not quite , not really
▪
You can never entirely ~ even a ‘tame’ leopard.
VERB + TRUST
▪ be able to , can
▪
I knew I could ~ John.
▪ be unable to
▪ be prepared to , be ready to , be willing to
▪ be reluctant to , be unwilling to
▪
I was reluctant to ~ the evidence of my senses.
▪ be afraid to
▪
I was afraid to ~ anyone after that.
PREPOSITION
▪ in
▪
You have to ~ in the competence of others.
▪ to
▪
I stumbled along in the dark, ~ing to luck to find the right door.
▪ with
▪
I'd ~ her with my life.
PHRASES
▪ not to be ~ed
▪
He is not to be ~ed with other people's money.
▪ tried and ~ed ( esp. BrE )
▪
tried and ~ed techniques
Trust is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ instinct , ↑ intuition , ↑ judgement , ↑ word