entrust

3 definitions • 6 examples

to give someone a thing or a duty for which they are responsible:

entrust something to someone He didn't look like the sort of man you should entrust your luggage to.

be entrusted with Two senior officials have been entrusted with organizing the auction.

to make someone responsible for someone or something:

We entrusted our dog to a neighbor when we went away on a trip.

to give someone a thing or duty for which they are responsible:

entrust sb with sth Many people had entrusted the company with money they intended to use in retirement.

entrust sth to sb He entrusted the arrangement of a mortgage to a local firm of financial advisers.

entrust sb to do sth We entrust a board of Edinburgh's leading businessmen to run the affairs of the organization.