fiduciary

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Scrabble points
18
Words With Friends
19
Letters
9
Pronunciation
/fɪˈdjuːʃ.i.əɹ.i/
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/fɪˈdjuːʃ.i.əɹ.i/ · /fəˈduːʃ.i.eɹ.i/

Definition of fiduciary

5 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. (not-comparable)Relating to an entity that owes to another good faith, accountability and trust, often in the context of trusts and trustees.
    “a fiduciary contract”
    “a fiduciary duty”
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adj

  1. (not-comparable)Relating to an entity that owes to another good faith, accountability and trust, often in the context of trusts and trustees.
    “a fiduciary contract”
    “a fiduciary duty”
  2. (not-comparable)Pertaining to paper money whose value depends on public confidence or securities.
    “Indeed, currency would be more effective for not being gold and silver but fiduciary paper money.”
  3. (nonstandard, not-comparable)Accepted as a trusted reference such as a point, value, or marker; fiducial.

noun

  1. One who holds a thing in trust for another.
    ““We focus on sustainability not because we’re environmentalists, but because we are capitalists and fiduciaries to our clients,” Mr. Fink wrote.”
  2. One who depends for salvation on faith, without works; an antinomian.

Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.

Etymology

From Latin fīdūciārius (“held in trust”), from fīdūcia (“trust”).

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