fiduciary en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /fəˈduːʃ.i.eɹ.i/ (General-American)
- /fɪˈdjuːʃ.i.əɹ.i/ (Received-Pronunciation)
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Etymology
From Latin fīdūciārius (“held in trust”), from fīdūcia (“trust”).
Meanings
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(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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(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.
2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin, published 2003, page 63:
- (nonstandard, not-comparable) Accepted as a trusted reference such as a point, value, or marker; fiducial.
Deriveds
fiduciary duty · nonfiduciary · fiduciarily
Translations (20)
pt fiduciário (related to trusts and trustees) · fr fiduciaire (related to trusts and trustees) · ru дове́ренный (related to trusts and trustees) · fi luottamuksenvarainen (related to trusts and trustees) · it fiduciale (related to trusts and trustees) · bg доверен (related to trusts and trustees) · fi luottamus- (related to trusts and trustees) · pl powierniczy (related to trusts and trustees) · fi luottamukseen perustuva (related to trusts and trustees) · ca fiduciari (related to trusts and trustees) · de fiduziarisch (related to trusts and trustees) · pl fiducjarny (related to trusts and trustees) · ru фидуциа́рный (related to trusts and trustees) · ca fiducial (related to trusts and trustees) · fi luottamuksellinen (related to trusts and trustees) · de treuhänderisch (related to trusts and trustees) · id fidusier (related to trusts and trustees) · es fiduciario (related to trusts and trustees) · fa امانت (related to trusts and trustees) · nl fiduciair (related to trusts and trustees)