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BLIND TRUST

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does blind trust mean? 

BLIND TRUST (noun)
  The noun BLIND TRUST has 1 sense:

1. a trust that enables a person to avoid possible conflict of interest by transferring assets to a fiduciary; the person establishing the trust gives up the right to information about the assetsplay

  Familiarity information: BLIND TRUST used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


BLIND TRUST (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A trust that enables a person to avoid possible conflict of interest by transferring assets to a fiduciary; the person establishing the trust gives up the right to information about the assets

Classified under:

Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession

Hypernyms ("blind trust" is a kind of...):

trust (something (as property) held by one party (the trustee) for the benefit of another (the beneficiary))


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