Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Of or relating to a duty of acting in good faith with regard to the interests of another.
- adjective Of or being a trustee or trusteeship.
- adjective Held in trust.
- adjective Of or consisting of fiat money.
- adjective Of, relating to, or being a system of marking in the field of view of an optical instrument that is used as a reference point or measuring scale.
- noun One, such as an agent of a principal or a company director, who has a duty of acting in good faith with regard to the interests of another.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Confident; steady; undoubting; unwavering; firm.
- Having the nature of a trust, especially a financial trust; pertaining to a pecuniary trust or trustee: as, a fiduciary power. Also
fiducial . - noun One who holds a thing in trust; a trustee.
- noun One who depends for salvation on faith without works; an Antinomian.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Involving confidence or trust; confident; undoubting; faithful; firm.
- adjective Holding, held, or founded, in trust.
- noun One who holds a thing in trust for another; a trustee.
- noun (Theol.) One who depends for salvation on faith, without works; an Antinomian.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective law Related to trusts and trustees.
- adjective Pertaining to
paper money whose value depends on publicconfidence orsecurities . - noun law One who holds a thing in trust for another; a
trustee . - noun theology One who depends for salvation on faith, without works; an
antinomian .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective relating to or of the nature of a legal trust (i.e. the holding of something in trust for another)
- noun a person who holds assets in trust for a beneficiary
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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Indeed, the word fiduciary comes from the Latin word fides, meaning faith.
David McWilliams 2008
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The word "fiduciary" comes from the Latin word for trust.
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Your editorial accurately depicts what a Labor Department proposal to change the regulatory agency's definition of the phrase "fiduciary" might to do the retirement-investment industry.
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Every investment product or service ever devised by Wall Street and foisted upon the public demands what I refer to as a "fiduciary response."
Forbes.com: News Edward Siedle 2011
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"Having been in fiduciary positions in which I was responsible for hundreds of millions of dollars of the public's money, I've demonstrated proven ability."
Jennie M. Forehand (D)* Post 2010
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The solicitor-client relationship thus created is, however, overlaid with certain fiduciary responsibilities, which are imposed as a matter of law.
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We'll also be featuring a Research Room, "manned" by a bevy of bodacious, brainy beauties, who are fully "equipped" to give you insider tips about which games best suit your skills, value and long-term fiduciary goals.
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The $146 billion joint bailout from the European Union and the International Monetary Fund formalized earlier this week could take care of the country's short-term fiduciary problems, but major questions remain over how the country will look in the long-term, if it will ultimately be able to avoid default, and whether its problems will spread to other countries.
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In addition, the Department of Labor is looking at tightening requirements for advisors who serve the retirement market, including by raising the definition of fiduciary.
Forbes.com: News Forbes Blogs 2011
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