PUBLIC TRUST

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does public trust mean? 

• PUBLIC TRUST (noun)
  The noun PUBLIC TRUST has 1 sense:

1. a trust created for charitable or religious or educational or scientific purposes

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• PUBLIC TRUST (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A trust created for charitable or religious or educational or scientific purposes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession

Synonyms:

charitable trust; public trust

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

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