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confidence
Belief in the effectiveness of one's own abilities or in one's favorable acceptance by others; self-confidence.
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  1. Belief in the effectiveness of one's own abilities or in one's favorable acceptance by others; self-confidence.
  2. Firm belief; trust; reliance
  3. Belief in one's own abilities; self-confidence
credence
A small table or shelf for holding the bread, wine, and vessels of the Eucharist when they are not in use at the altar.
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  1. A small table or shelf for holding the bread, wine, and vessels of the Eucharist when they are not in use at the altar.
  2. Acceptance as true or valid; belief:
  3. Belief, esp. in the reports or testimony of another
support
The provision of money or the necessities of life:
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  1. The provision of money or the necessities of life:
  2. The state of being supported:
  3. The act of supporting:
duty
A legally-defined responsibility to perform certain acts or meet certain standards of performance; an essential element of proof in a tort action is that the defendant had a duty to act in a certain manner, such as the duty to use due care in the operation of a motor vehicle. Duties may be mandated by law, such as the duty to pay taxes, or may be voluntary, such as those assumed under a contract. A legally-defined responsibility to perform certain acts or meet certain standards of performance; an essential element of proof in a tort action is that the defendant had a duty to act in a certain manner, such as the duty to use due care in the operation of a motor vehicle. Duties may be mandated by law, such as the duty to pay taxes, or may be voluntary, such as those assumed under a contract.
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  1. A legally-defined responsibility to perform certain acts or meet certain standards of performance; an essential element of proof in a tort action is that the defendant had a duty to act in a certain manner, such as the duty to use due care in the operation of a motor vehicle. Duties may be mandated by law, such as the duty to pay taxes, or may be voluntary, such as those assumed under a contract. A legally-defined responsibility to perform certain acts or meet certain standards of performance; an essential element of proof in a tort action is that the defendant had a duty to act in a certain manner, such as the duty to use due care in the operation of a motor vehicle. Duties may be mandated by law, such as the duty to pay taxes, or may be voluntary, such as those assumed under a contract.
  2. Required action or service:
  3. An act or a course of action that is required of one by position, social custom, law, or religion:
dependence
The state of being dependent on another for financial support.
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  1. The state of being dependent on another for financial support.
  2. The condition of being dependent on a substance such as a drug or on a given behavior:
  3. The condition or fact of being dependent
belief
Something believed or accepted as true, especially a particular tenet or a body of tenets accepted by a group of persons.
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  1. Something believed or accepted as true, especially a particular tenet or a body of tenets accepted by a group of persons.
  2. The mental act, condition, or habit of placing trust or confidence in another:
  3. Mental acceptance of and conviction in the truth, actuality, or validity of something:
mainstay
A stay, or line, extending forward from the mainmast, supporting it and holding it in position
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  1. A stay, or line, extending forward from the mainmast, supporting it and holding it in position
  2. A chief support
  3. (Nautical) A strong rope that serves to steady and support the mainmast of a sailing vessel.
guarantee
Something that assures a particular outcome or condition:
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  1. Something that assures a particular outcome or condition:
  2. A promise or assurance, especially one given in writing, that attests to the quality or durability of a product or service.
  3. Anything that assures a certain outcome.
anchor
Anything that gives or seems to give stability or security
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  1. Anything that gives or seems to give stability or security
  2. A source of security or stability.
  3. A rigid point of support, as for securing a rope.
confidant
A person in whom one can confide or share one's secrets: a friend
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  1. A person in whom one can confide or share one's secrets: a friend
  2. A character in a drama or fiction, such as a trusted friend or servant, who serves as a device for revealing the inner thoughts or intentions of a main character.
security
Procedures to provide such protection or defense
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  1. Procedures to provide such protection or defense
  2. Measures adopted, as by a business or homeowner, to prevent a crime such as burglary or assault:
  3. Measures adopted to prevent escape:
assurance
A statement or indication that inspires confidence; a guarantee or pledge:
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  1. A statement or indication that inspires confidence; a guarantee or pledge:
  2. A promise or guarantee, an act that inspires confidence.
  3. Freedom from doubt; certainty about something:
benefactor
One that gives aid, especially financial aid.
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  1. One that gives aid, especially financial aid.
  2. A person who has given help, esp. financial help; patron
patron
One that supports, protects, or champions someone or something, such as an institution, event, or cause; a sponsor or benefactor:
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  1. One that supports, protects, or champions someone or something, such as an institution, event, or cause; a sponsor or benefactor:
  2. A slave owner in ancient Rome who freed a slave without relinquishing all legal claim to him.
  3. A noble or wealthy person in ancient Rome who granted favor and protection to someone in exchange for certain services.
guardian
An individual designated by law to care for another’s person and property because of the former’s incompetence to make his or her own decisions. An individual designated by law to care for another’s person and property because of the former’s incompetence to make his or her own decisions.
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  1. An individual designated by law to care for another’s person and property because of the former’s incompetence to make his or her own decisions. An individual designated by law to care for another’s person and property because of the former’s incompetence to make his or her own decisions.
  2. A person who guards, protects, or takes care of another person, property, etc.; custodian
  3. (Law) One who is legally responsible for the care and management of the person or property of an incompetent or minor.
protector
A device that protects; a guard.
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  1. A device that protects; a guard.
  2. A person or thing that protects; guardian; defender
  3. One who protects; a guardian.
savior
(Person, proper) God
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  1. (Person, proper) God
  2. A person who rescues another from harm, danger, or loss.
  3. A person who saves
account
A basis or ground:
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  1. A basis or ground:
  2. A report relating to one's conduct:
  3. Worth, standing, or importance:
liability
More generally, a debt or other legal obligation to pay an assessed amount (for example, taxes).
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  1. More generally, a debt or other legal obligation to pay an assessed amount (for example, taxes).
  2. (Accounting) A debt of a person or business, as a note payable or a long-term debenture
  3. An account on a balance sheet showing this
moment
(Statistics) The expected value of a positive integer power of a random variable. The first moment of a random variable is the mean of its probability distribution.
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  1. (Statistics) The expected value of a positive integer power of a random variable. The first moment of a random variable is the mean of its probability distribution.
  2. A specific point in time, especially the present time:
  3. An occasion affording an opportunity:
corporation
Any of the political and economic bodies forming a corporative state, each being composed of the employers and employees in a certain industry, profession, etc.
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  1. Any of the political and economic bodies forming a corporative state, each being composed of the employers and employees in a certain industry, profession, etc.
  2. A group of people combined into or acting as one body.
  3. An entity, usually a business, created by a legislative act or by individuals who have agreed upon and filed articles of incorporation with the state government. Ownership in the corporation is typically represented by shares of stock. Furthermore, a corporation is legally recognized as an artificial person whose existence is separate and distinct from that of its shareholders who are not personally responsible for the corporation’s acts and debts. As an artificial person, a corporation has the power to acquire, own, and convey property, to sue and be sued, and such other powers of a natural person that the law may confer upon it. Abbreviated corp. See charter, corporate, and seal. An entity, usually a business, created by a legislative act or by individuals who have agreed upon and filed articles of incorporation with the state government. Ownership in the corporation is typically represented by shares of stock. Furthermore, a corporation is legally recognized as an artificial person whose existence is separate and distinct from that of its shareholders who are not personally responsible for the corporation’s acts and debts. As an artificial person, a corporation has the power to acquire, own, and convey property, to sue and be sued, and such other powers of a natural person that the law may confer upon it. Abbreviated corp. See charter, corporate, and seal.
monopoly
Exclusive control of a commodity or service in a given market, or control that makes possible the fixing of prices and the virtual elimination of free competition
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  1. Exclusive control of a commodity or service in a given market, or control that makes possible the fixing of prices and the virtual elimination of free competition
  2. A company, group, or individual having exclusive control over a commercial activity.
  3. Exclusive control by one group of the means of producing or selling a commodity or service:
cartel
An official agreement between governments at war, especially one concerning the exchange of prisoners.
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  1. An official agreement between governments at war, especially one concerning the exchange of prisoners.
  2. A combination of independent business organizations formed to regulate production, pricing, and marketing of goods by the members.
  3. A group of independent producers or sellers in a particular industry, or a group of businesses with a common interest, who have joined together to reduce competition between themselves by allocating markets, sharing knowledge, or controlling the price and production of a product or service. See also monopoly and oligopoly. A group of independent producers or sellers in a particular industry, or a group of businesses with a common interest, who have joined together to reduce competition between themselves by allocating markets, sharing knowledge, or controlling the price and production of a product or service. See also monopoly and oligopoly.
holding company
A company controlling partial or complete interest in another company or other companies.
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  1. A company controlling partial or complete interest in another company or other companies.
  2. (Business) A company whose main purpose is to own shares of other companies as opposed to producing goods and services.
  3. A corporation organized to hold bonds or stocks of other corporations, often thereby controlling those corporations
conglomerate
A corporation made up of a number of different companies that operate in diversified fields.
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  1. A corporation made up of a number of different companies that operate in diversified fields.
  2. A coarse-grained sedimentary rock consisting of round rock fragments cemented together by hardened silt, clay, calcium carbonate, or a similar material. The fragments (known as clasts) have a diameter of at least 2 mm (0.08 inches), vary in composition and origin, and may include pebbles, cobbles, boulders, or fossilized seashells. Conglomerates often form through the transportation and deposition of sediments by streams, alluvial fans, and glaciers.
  3. (Geology) A coarse-grained sedimentary rock consisting of rounded to subangular rock fragments cemented together by hardened silt, clay, calcium carbonate, or similar material.
combination
(Chem.) A uniting of substances to form a compound
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  1. (Chem.) A uniting of substances to form a compound
  2. (Mathematics) One or more elements selected from a set without regard to the order of selection.
  3. A combining or being combined
combine
A power-operated harvesting machine that cuts, threshes, and cleans grain.
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  1. A power-operated harvesting machine that cuts, threshes, and cleans grain.
  2. An association of persons, corporations, etc. for commercial or political, sometimes unethical, purposes
  3. A combination.
depend on
To be dependent on something or someone for support or help.
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  1. To be dependent on something or someone for support or help.
count on
(Idiomatic) to rely upon, trust, or expect
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  1. (Idiomatic) to rely upon, trust, or expect
bank on
To be sure of something. To depend on it.
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  1. To be sure of something. To depend on it.
esteem
To have great regard for; value highly; respect
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  1. To have great regard for; value highly; respect
  2. To hold to be; consider; regard
  3. To regard with respect; prize.
lean-on
(Idiomatic) To apply pressure on.
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  1. (Idiomatic) To apply pressure on.
  2. To depend upon for support.
turn-to
To consult for advice.
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  1. To consult for advice.
  2. Used other than as an idiom: see turn,‎ to.
  3. (Said of objects) To become, to degenerate into.
rest-assured
(Intransitive, idiomatic) Be sure; no need to worry; trust.
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  1. (Intransitive, idiomatic) Be sure; no need to worry; trust.
look-to
(Idiomatic) To seek inspiration or advice from someone.
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  1. (Idiomatic) To seek inspiration or advice from someone.
eat up
(Idiomatic) To accept or believe entirely, immediately, and without questioning.
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  1. (Idiomatic) To accept or believe entirely, immediately, and without questioning.
  2. (Idiomatic) To consume completely.
presume
To act presumptuously or take unwarranted advantage of something:
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  1. To act presumptuously or take unwarranted advantage of something:
  2. To take for granted that something is true or factual; make a supposition.
  3. To act presumptuously; take liberties
take
To start growing; root or germinate:
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  1. To start growing; root or germinate:
  2. To carry in one's possession:
  3. To convey by transportation:
imagine
To form a mental picture or image of:
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  1. To form a mental picture or image of:
  2. To suppose; guess; think
  3. To have a notion of or about without adequate foundation; fancy or believe:
lend
To provide something temporarily to another, often in exchange for compensation. To provide something temporarily to another, often in exchange for compensation.
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  1. To provide something temporarily to another, often in exchange for compensation. To provide something temporarily to another, often in exchange for compensation.
  2. To provide (money) temporarily on condition that the amount borrowed be returned, usually with an interest fee.
  3. To give or allow the use of temporarily on the condition that the same or its equivalent will be returned.
entrust
To give over (something) to another for care, protection, or performance:
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  1. To give over (something) to another for care, protection, or performance:
  2. To give as a trust to (someone):
  3. To charge or invest with a trust or duty
commit
To consign for future use or for preservation:
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  1. To consign for future use or for preservation:
  2. To order a person’s placement in, or to send a person to, a hospital, mental health facility, prison, or similar institution, especially pursuant to court order.
  3. To refer (a bill, etc.) to a committee to be considered
consign
(Obs.) To agree or submit
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  1. (Obs.) To agree or submit
  2. To deliver (merchandise, for example) for custody or sale.
  3. To set apart, as for a special use or purpose; assign:
commission
To authorize or engage (someone to do something):
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  1. To authorize or engage (someone to do something):
  2. To give a commission to
  3. To grant a military commission to.
assign
To select for a duty or office; appoint:
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  1. To select for a duty or office; appoint:
  2. To transfer one’s duty, interest, or right to another, especially regarding property or under a contract, so that the transferee has the same duty, interest, or right as the transferor had. See also assignment and delegate.
  3. To give out as a task; allot:
transfer
To make over or convey (property, title to property, etc.) to another
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  1. To make over or convey (property, title to property, etc.) to another
  2. To transfer oneself or be transferred; move
  3. Any and every method of removing something from one person or place to another; specifically, the handing over of possession or control of assets or title. Transfer may be affected by assignment, by delivery, by indorsement, and by operation of law. Any and every method of removing something from one person or place to another; specifically, the handing over of possession or control of assets or title. Transfer may be affected by assignment, by delivery, by indorsement, and by operation of law. the act of handing over possession or control.
give over
(Intransitive) To stop.
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  1. (Intransitive) To stop.
  2. (Now rare) To give up, hand over, surrender (something).
  3. To devote or resign to a particular purpose or activity; to yield completely.
advance
To help or hasten the success or completion of; further
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  1. To help or hasten the success or completion of; further
  2. To serve as an advance person for a trip to be made by a politician or a dignitary.
  3. To go forward; move ahead
lend
To give or allow the use of temporarily on the condition that the same or its equivalent will be returned.
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  1. To give or allow the use of temporarily on the condition that the same or its equivalent will be returned.
  2. To let another use or have (a thing) temporarily and on condition that it, or the equivalent, be returned
  3. To let out (money) at interest
loan
To lend
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  1. To lend
  2. To lend (money or property).
let out
To release.
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  1. To release.
  2. (Of clothing) To enlarge by adjusting one or more seams.
  3. To disclose.
grant
To give (what is requested, as permission, etc.); assent to; agree to fulfill
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  1. To give (what is requested, as permission, etc.); assent to; agree to fulfill
  2. To give or confer officially or formally:
  3. To allow or consent to the fulfillment of (something requested):
confer
To have a conference or talk; meet for discussion; converse
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  1. To have a conference or talk; meet for discussion; converse
  2. To meet in order to deliberate together or compare views; consult:
  3. To give, grant, or bestow
let
To allow to pass, come, or go
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  1. To allow to pass, come, or go
  2. Used as an auxiliary in the imperative to express a warning or threat:
  3. To rent or lease:
patronize
To go to as a customer, especially on a regular basis:
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  1. To go to as a customer, especially on a regular basis:
  2. To treat in a condescending manner, often in showing interest or kindness that is insincere:
  3. To be kind or helpful to, but in a haughty or snobbish way, as if dealing with an inferior
aid
To provide assistance, support, or relief to:
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  1. To provide assistance, support, or relief to:
  2. To give help or relief (to); assist
belief
Anything believed or accepted as true; esp., a creed, doctrine, or tenet
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  1. Anything believed or accepted as true; esp., a creed, doctrine, or tenet
  2. Mental acceptance of and conviction in the truth, actuality, or validity of something:
  3. Faith, esp. religious faith
confidence
Belief in the effectiveness of one's own abilities or in one's favorable acceptance by others; self-confidence.
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  1. Belief in the effectiveness of one's own abilities or in one's favorable acceptance by others; self-confidence.
  2. Belief in one's own abilities; self-confidence
  3. Firm belief; trust; reliance
dependence
The state of being dependent on another for financial support.
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  1. The state of being dependent on another for financial support.
  2. The condition of being dependent on a substance such as a drug or on a given behavior:
  3. The condition or fact of being dependent
faith
Loyalty to a person or thing; allegiance:
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  1. Loyalty to a person or thing; allegiance:
  2. Unquestioning belief in God, religious tenets, etc.
  3. A set of religious doctrines; a body of dogma:
reliance
The condition of being reliant or dependent.
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  1. The condition of being reliant or dependent.
  2. The faith, confidence, or trust felt by one who relies:
  3. Trust, dependence, or confidence
care
Watchful oversight; charge or supervision:
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  1. Watchful oversight; charge or supervision:
  2. Attentive assistance or treatment to those in need:
  3. Upkeep; maintenance:
charge
Care; custody:
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  1. Care; custody:
  2. An individual or thing placed in another’s care.
  3. Care, custody, or supervision (of)
custody
Any significant restraint or control over a person’s freedom to ensure his or her presence at a hearing or trial in a criminal action.
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  1. Any significant restraint or control over a person’s freedom to ensure his or her presence at a hearing or trial in a criminal action.
  2. The control and care of a person or property, especially when granted by a court:
  3. A guarding or keeping safe; care; protection; guardianship
keeping
Reservation for future use; preservation
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  1. Reservation for future use; preservation
  2. The act of holding, guarding, maintaining, or supporting:
  3. Care; custody; charge
supervision
The act, process, or function of supervising.
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  1. The act, process, or function of supervising.
cartel
A combination of independent business organizations formed to regulate production, pricing, and marketing of goods by the members.
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  1. A combination of independent business organizations formed to regulate production, pricing, and marketing of goods by the members.
  2. An official agreement between governments at war, especially one concerning the exchange of prisoners.
  3. A group of independent producers or sellers in a particular industry, or a group of businesses with a common interest, who have joined together to reduce competition between themselves by allocating markets, sharing knowledge, or controlling the price and production of a product or service. See also monopoly and oligopoly. A group of independent producers or sellers in a particular industry, or a group of businesses with a common interest, who have joined together to reduce competition between themselves by allocating markets, sharing knowledge, or controlling the price and production of a product or service. See also monopoly and oligopoly.
combine
A power-operated harvesting machine that cuts, threshes, and cleans grain.
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  1. A power-operated harvesting machine that cuts, threshes, and cleans grain.
  2. An association of persons, corporations, etc. for commercial or political, sometimes unethical, purposes
  3. A combination.
pool
Any of various games related to billiards played typically with object balls numbered from one to fifteen and a cue ball, on a : the object is to pocket a ball or balls
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  1. Any of various games related to billiards played typically with object balls numbered from one to fifteen and a cue ball, on a : the object is to pocket a ball or balls
  2. A small body of still water.
  3. Swimming pool
syndicate
An association of individuals or corporations formed to carry out some large-scale project requiring much capital
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  1. An association of individuals or corporations formed to carry out some large-scale project requiring much capital
  2. An association of people or firms formed to promote a common interest or carry out a business enterprise.
  3. A company consisting of a number of separate newspapers; a newspaper chain.
count on
(Idiomatic) to rely upon, trust, or expect
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  1. (Idiomatic) to rely upon, trust, or expect
depend on
To be dependent on something or someone for support or help.
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  1. To be dependent on something or someone for support or help.
believe
To accept as true or real:
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  1. To accept as true or real:
  2. To have faith, confidence, or trust:
  3. To credit with veracity:
credit
To give credit in a bank account, charge account, etc.
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  1. To give credit in a bank account, charge account, etc.
  2. To give credit to or deserved commendation for
  3. (Educ.) To enter a credit or credits on the record of (a student)
commend
(Archaic) To transmit the kind regards of
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  1. (Archaic) To transmit the kind regards of
  2. To express approval of; praise:
  3. To cause to be worthy of recommendation:
commit
To hand over or set apart to be disposed of or put to some purpose
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  1. To hand over or set apart to be disposed of or put to some purpose
  2. To consign for future use or for preservation:
  3. To give in charge or trust; deliver for safekeeping; entrust; consign
confide
To disclose private matters in confidence:
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  1. To disclose private matters in confidence:
  2. To tell or talk about as a secret
  3. To give as a responsibility or put into another's care:
consign
To set apart, as for a special use or purpose; assign:
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  1. To set apart, as for a special use or purpose; assign:
  2. To give over to the care or custody of another.
  3. To hand over; give up or deliver
entrust
To charge or invest with a trust or duty
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  1. To charge or invest with a trust or duty
  2. To give over (something) to another for care, protection, or performance:
  3. To give as a trust to (someone):
give
To place in the hands of; pass:
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  1. To place in the hands of; pass:
  2. To accord or tender to another:
  3. To perform for an audience:
hand over
(Idiomatic) To relinquish control or possession of something to someone.
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  1. (Idiomatic) To relinquish control or possession of something to someone.
relegate
Submit (something) to someone else for appropriate action thereby; compare delegate.
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  1. Submit (something) to someone else for appropriate action thereby; compare delegate.
  2. To assign to a class, sphere, realm, etc.; classify as belonging to a certain order of things
  3. (In extended use) Consign or assign.
turn over
(Sports) To give up control (of the ball and thus the ability to score).
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  1. (Sports) To give up control (of the ball and thus the ability to score).
  2. Used other than as an idiom: see turn,"Ž over.
  3. (Idiomatic) To relinquish; give back.
charge
To add an electrical charge to (a battery, etc.)
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  1. To add an electrical charge to (a battery, etc.)
  2. To load to capacity; fill:
  3. To excite; rouse:
entrust
To assign the care of; turn over for safekeeping
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  1. To assign the care of; turn over for safekeeping
  2. To give over (something) to another for care, protection, or performance:
  3. To charge or invest with a trust or duty

Synonym Study

  • To bank on , a colloquial term, is to have confidence like that of one who is willing to risk money on something don't bank on their help
  • To count on something is to consider it in one's calculations as certain they counted on my going
  • is to place reliance on a person or thing, esp. for support or aid a museum that depends on corporate contributions
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  • a person or thing is to have confidence, usually on the basis of past experience, that what is expected will be done she can be relied on to keep the secret
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  • To trust is to have complete faith or assurance that one will not be let down by another to trust in God
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Sentence Examples

  • I thought I could trust you.

  • I can't trust her not to lie!

  • I knew because he proved to me that I could trust him with my heart and soul - the way you trust your mother and father.

  • I don't trust him, Natasha.

  • You must learn to trust me.

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