Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Trust \Trust\, n. [OE. trust, trost, Icel. traust confidence,
   security; akin to Dan. & Sw. tr["o]st comfort, consolation,
   G. trost, Goth. trausti a convention, covenant, and E. true.
   See {True}, and cf. {Tryst}.]
   1. Assured resting of the mind on the integrity, veracity,
      justice, friendship, or other sound principle, of another
      person; confidence; reliance; reliance. ``O ever-failing
      trust in mortal strength!'' --Milton.

            Most take things upon trust.          --Locke.

   2. 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.

   3. Assured anticipation; dependence upon something future or
      contingent, as if present or actual; hope; belief. ``Such
      trust have we through Christ.'' --2 Cor. iii. 4.

            His trust was with the Eternal to be deemed Equal in
            strength.                             --Milton.

   4. That which is committed or intrusted to one; something
      received in confidence; charge; deposit.

   5. The condition or obligation of one to whom anything is
      confided; responsible charge or office.

            [I] serve him truly that will put me in trust.
                                                  --Shak.

            Reward them well, if they observe their trust.
                                                  --Denham.

   6. That upon which confidence is reposed; ground of reliance;
      hope.

            O Lord God, thou art my trust from my youth. --Ps.
                                                  lxxi. 5.

   7. (Law) 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.

   8. An organization formed mainly for the purpose of
      regulating the supply and price of commodities, etc.; as,
      a sugar trust. [Cant]

   Syn: Confidence; belief; faith; hope; expectation.

   {Trust deed} (Law), a deed conveying property to a trustee,
      for some specific use.

Source : WordNet®

trust deed
     n : a written instrument legally conveying property to a trustee
         often used to secure an obligation such as a mortgage or
         promissory note [syn: {deed of trust}]