Meaning of FIDUCIARY
| Pronunciation: | | fi'dooshee`eree
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- [n] a person who holds assets in trust for a beneficiary; "it is illegal for a fiduciary to misappropriate money for personal gain"
- [adj] relating to or of the nature of a legal trust (i.e. the holding of something in trust for another); "a fiduciary contract"; "in a fiduciary capacity"; "fiducial power"
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| | Synonyms: | | fiducial |
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| | See Also: | | administrator, conservator, executor, human, individual, legal guardian, liquidator, mortal, person, receiver, somebody, someone, soul, steward, trustee | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Fi*du"ci*a*ry\, n.
1. One who holds a thing in trust for another; a trustee.
Instrumental to the conveying God's blessing upon
those whose fiduciaries they are. --Jer. Taylor.
2. (Theol.) One who depends for salvation on faith, without
works; an Antinomian. --Hammond.
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| | Definition: | | A person or institution who manages money or property for another and who must exercise a standard care imposed by law, i.e., personal representative or executor of an estate, a trustee, etc. |
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| | Related Terms: | | believable, colorable, conceivable, convictional, credible, depositary, depository, fiducial, held in pledge, held in trust, in escrow, in trust, pistic, plausible, reliable, tenable, trustee, trustworthy, trusty, unexceptionable, unimpeachable, unquestionable, worthy of faith |
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