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TRUSTS

"TRUSTS" is a plural of: trust.

Date "TRUSTS" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1050. (references)


Specialty Definition: TRUSTS

DomainDefinition

Dream Interpretation

To dream of trusts, foretells indifferent success in trade or law.
If you imagine you are a member of a trust, you will be successful in designs of a speculative nature. Source: Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted ....

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Crosswords: TRUSTS

English words defined with "TRUSTS": Andrew CarnegieCarnegieTo help up, Transcendental function, trust busting. (references)
Specialty definitions using "TRUSTS": anti trust legislationBabyCalomel, CANNON, Conspirators, correspondent bank, CROESUSdirector of major or capital gifts, DIRECTOR, FUNDS DEVELOPMENTESTATE PLANNERhistoric pricingLAWYER, PROBATEMedical Savings AccountsPayment limitation, Pride of the MorningROCKEFELLERSchool, Section 515 loansTAFT. (references)
Etymologies containing "TRUSTS": Mustahfiz. (references)

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Modern Usage: TRUSTS

DomainUsage

Screenplays

I mean this face doesn't look like it trusts anybody. (Barney Miller; writing credit: Danny Arnold)

I can see it's dangerous for you, but if the government trusts me, maybe you could. (Top Gun; writing credit: Ehud Yonay; Jim Cash)

Ah, it's as simple as this: the President trusts Russia, and the American people don't. (Seven Days in May; writing credit: Fletcher Knebel; Charles W. Bailey II)

I believe in justice but, nobody trusts me. (Die xue shuang xiong; writing credit: John Woo)

Clever

The person who says he trusts no one should include himself. (references; author: unknown)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: TRUSTS

DomainTitle

Books

  • Cases and Materials on the Income Taxation of Trusts, Estates, Grantors and Beneficiaries (American Casebook Series) (reference)

  • Commercial Trusts " the Growth and Rights of Aggregated Capital, an Argument Delivered Before the Industrial Commission at Washington, D. C. December (reference)

  • Commercial trusts, the growth and rights of aggregated capital : an argument delivered before the Industrial commission at Washington, D.C., December 12, 1899 (reference)

  • Ritchie, Alford & Effland's Estates and trusts : cases and matierials : teachers manual (reference)

  • Prentice Hall Federal Taxation 2003, Corporations, Partnerships, Estates and Trusts and Tax Analyst One Disc Tax Research Program Pkg. (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Periodicals

  • Woodside Travel Trusts Pocket Flight Planner (reference)

  • Prentice Halls Federal Taxation Corporations Partnerships Estates & Trusts (reference)

  • Charitable Lead Trusts (reference)

  • Directory Of Hospitals And Nhs Trusts (reference)

  • Guide To The Major Trusts (reference)

    (more periodical examples)

  

Theater & Movies

  • Living Wills, Wills & Living Trusts (reference)

    (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Photo Album: TRUSTS

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"Revenue reform" train stopped by "vested interests," "local issues," "trusts," and other poles] / Coffin. Credit: Library of Congress.

The mother of the trusts -- H.G. Havemeyer. Credit: Library of Congress.

The trusts. Hard times? : Well, they make me laugh ... Credit: Library of Congress.

The Senate that trusts build / L.M. Glackens. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Familiar Quotations: TRUSTS

AuthorQuotation

Geikie

An undivided heart which worships God alone, and trusts him as it should, is raised above anxiety for earthly wants.

Grover Cleveland

The trusts and combinations -- the communism of pelf. . . .

John Dryden

He who trusts secrets to a servant makes him his master.

William Shakespeare

He's mad that trusts in the tameness of a wolf, a horse's health, a boy's love, or a whore's oath.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Use in Literature: TRUSTS

TitleAuthorQuote

Alice in Wonderland

Carroll, Lewis

If I or she should chance to be Involved in this affair, He trusts to you to set them free, Exactly as we were.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Non-Fiction Usage: TRUSTS

SubjectTopicQuote

Business

Most distribution companies are owned by Trusts. (references)

Property within those areas can be leased through thirty-year renewable trusts held by Mexican banks. (references)

NHS Trusts and PCGs are not required to purchase from NHS Supplies; however, NHS Supplies reports that over 98 percent of NHS Trusts do business with the organization. (references)

Civil Liberties

Jordan

The Ministry of Religious Affairs and Trusts manages Islamic institutions and the construction of mosques. (references)

Egypt

Upon agreement with Coptic Orthodox Pope Shenouda, in 1996 the Minister of Awqaf, Hamdy Zaqzouq, who is responsible for administering religious trusts, established a joint committee to address a dispute with the Coptic Orthodox Church that originated in 1952. At that time, the Government seized approximately 1,500 acres of land from the Church and transferred title to the Ministry of Awqaf. (references)

Economic History

Singapore

Investment income generated by the trusts is also exempted from tax. (references)

Political Economy

SOUTH AFRICA

Capital gains tax became effective from October 1, 2001. Effective rates for individuals will range from zero to 10.5 percent, retirement funds 6.25 percent, unit trusts 7.5 percent, life insurers from 6.25 to 15 percent, and companies 15 percent. (references)

Trade

Dominican Rep

According to CEDOPEX, it trusts the quantity and the price exporters declare. (references)

Costa Rica

There are also 30 investment and retirement funds or trusts run by both state and private commercial banks and the state insurance company. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Speeches: TRUSTS

SpeakerTermPhrase(s)

George Washington

1789-1797Besides that, it should be repugnant to the vital principles of our Government virtually to exclude from public trusts talents and virtue unless accompanied by wealth.

Harry S. Truman

1945-1953But we must do more than break up trusts and monopolies after they have begun to strangle competition.

George Bush

1989-1993For the world trusts us with power, and the world is right.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Usage Frequency: TRUSTS

"TRUSTS" is generally used as a noun (plural) -- approximately 89.00% of the time. "TRUSTS" is used about 1,090 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (plural)89%9707,515
Lexical Verb (-s form)10.91%11929,501
Noun (proper)0.09%1339,140
                    Total100.00%1,090N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expression: TRUSTS

Hypenated Usage

Ending with "TRUSTS": state-trusts.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: TRUSTS

Language Translations for "TRUSTS"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Danish

  

forvaltnings-og forvaringsorgan for investeringsfonde (manager and trustee of unit trusts), andelsbevis udstedt af investeringsforening (unit of unit trusts). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

deelbewijs van gemeenschappelijk beleggingsfonds (unit of unit trusts). (various references)

   

French

  

part de fonds commun de placement (unit of unit trusts), organisme de gestion et de dépôt de fonds communs de placement (manager and trustee of unit trusts). (various references)

   

German

  

vertraut (close, companionably, confides, conversant, conversantly, familiar, familiarly, intimate, Matey, near, well known), traut (close, cozy, familiar). (various references)

   

Italian

  

quota parte (lawful share of succession, unit of unit trusts), quota di fondo comune di investimento (unit of unit trusts), parte di un fondo d'investimento (unit of unit trusts). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

uststray.(various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: TRUSTS

Derivations

Words ending with "TRUSTS": distrusts, entrusts, intrusts, mistrusts, unitrusts. (additional references)


Misspellings

"TRUSTS" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: traust, Trista, Tristes, Tristessa, tristesse, tristi, tristis, trsut, trusso, truste, turst. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "TRUSTS"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "TRUSTS" (pronounced tru"sts)
6t r u" s t sdistrusts.
5-r u" s t scrusts, rusts, thrusts.
4-u" s t sadjusts, busts, disgusts, dusts, gusts.
3-s t sabolitionists, abortionists, activists, agonists, agronomists, analysts, anarchists, anesthesiologists, animists, antagonists, anthropologists, apologists, aquarists, archaeologists, archivists, armrests, arrests, arsonists, artists, assists, atheists, attests, ballasts, balloonists, baptists, bassists, beasts, behaviorists, bequests, bicyclists, biologists, blasts, boasts, boosts, botanists, breakfasts, breasts, broadcasts, bursts, capitalists, cardiologists, careerists, cartoonists, castes, casts, catalysts, centralists, centrists, chartists, chemists, chests, chloroplasts, clarinetists, coasts, cohosts, colonialists, colonists, columnists, communists, conformists, conquests, conservationists, consists, consumerists, contests, contexts, contrasts, costs, crests, criminologists, cultists, cyclists, cysts, dentists, dermatologists, digests, divests, druggists, ecologists, economists, editorialists, elitists, endocrinologists, enlists, enthusiasts, entomologists, environmentalists, epidemiologists, ethicists, evangelists, exhausts, exhibitionists, exists, extremists, fascists, fasts, fatalists, feasts, federalists, feminists, fetishists, finalists, firsts, fists, flavorists, florists, forecasts, forests, frosts, fundamentalists, futurists, generalists, geneticists, geologists, ghosts, guests, guideposts, guitarists, gymnasts, gynecologists, harpists, harvests, headrests, herbalists, hobbyists, hoists, hosts, humanists, humorists, hygienists, idealists, ideologists, illusionists, imperialists, impressionists, individualists, industrialists, infests, insists, institutionalists, instrumentalists, interests, internationalists, internists, interventionists, invests, isolationists, jests, joists, journalists, jurists, kremlinologists, lambastes, lampposts, lasts, leftists, linguists, lists, lobbyists, locusts, loyalists, lyricists, machinists, manifests, masts, medalists, meteorologists, militarists, mists, modernists, molests, monarchists, monetarists, moralists, motorcyclists, motorists, nationalists, naturalists, nests, neurologists, newscasts, nihilists, nonconformists, novelists, numismatists, nutritionists, obstructionists, oncologists, ophthalmologists, opportunists, optimists, optometrists, orthodontists, orthopedists, outbursts, outcasts, outposts, pacifists, paleontologists, panelists, pastes, pasts, pathologists, persists, pessimists, pests, pharmacists, philanthropists, physicists, pianists, poltergeists, populists, posts, pragmatists, preexists, preservationists, priests, propagandists, protagonists, protectionists, protests, provosts, psychiatrists, psychologists, psychotherapists, publicists, purists, quests, racists, radiologists, rainforests, rapists, realists, receptionists, recidivists, reformists, Reinvests, requests, reservationists, reservists, resists, rests, retests, revisionists, revolutionists, rightists, ripostes, roasts, satirists, schists, scientists, secessionists, secularists, segregationists, seismologists, semifinalists, separatists, signposts, socialists, sociologists, soloists, specialists, spiritualists, statists, sternposts, strategists, stylists, suffragists, suggests, supremacists, survivalists, symbolists, tastes, technologists, telecasts, televangelists, terrorists, testes, tests, texts, theorists, therapists, toasts, toothpastes, tourists, toxicologists, traditionalists, twists, typists, ultranationalists, unionists, urologists, vests, violinists, virologists, waists, wastes, wrists, yeasts.

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: TRUSTS

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: struts, sturts.

Words within the letters "r-s-s-t-t-u"

-1 letter: rusts, strut, sturt, truss, trust.

-2 letters: rust, ruts, tuts.

-3 letters: rut, tut, uts.

-4 letters: us, ut.

 Words containing the letters "r-s-s-t-t-u"
 

+1 letter: stratus, strunts, thrusts.

 

+2 letters: buttress, distrust, entrusts, intrusts, mistrust, outserts, rustiest, scutters, shutters, sputters, stardust, startups, statures, stratous, stratums, stutters, surtouts, tourists, trustees, trusters, trusties, trustors, turistas, tutoress, upstarts.

 

+3 letters: altruists, antirusts, austerest, crustiest, destructs, distrusts, futurists, instructs, lustrates, metestrus, mistrusts, mistruths, mistutors, naturists, obstructs, outbursts, outskirts, outsmarts, outstares, outstarts, outsteers, outstrips, robustest, saturants, saturates, shortcuts, splutters, squatters, starburst, stardusts, strumpets, strutters, sturdiest, substrata, substrate, subtracts, sultriest, tessitura, tessiture, thrusters, thrustors, trustiest, trustless, turnspits, ultraists, unitrusts, upsetters, upstaters, upthrusts.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Usage: Modern
4. Usage: Commercial
5. Images: Photo Album
6. Quotations: Familiar
7. Quotations: Fiction
8. Quotations: Non-fiction
9. Quotations: Speeches
10. Usage Frequency
11. Expressions
12. Translations: Modern
13. Derivations
14. Rhymes
15. Anagrams
16. Bibliography


  

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