Entrust - English meaning

verb

Allocate (a job or duty).

Usage examples:

Congress had assigned the task to the agency

noun

Another term for assignee (sense 1).

Usage examples:

This agreement shall be binding upon the parties and their successors and assigns

verb

To give a particular job or piece of work to someone

Usage examples:

[ + two objects ] un troops were assigned the task of rebuilding the hospital., the case has been a…

noun

A load, typically a heavy one.

Usage examples:

And laying my heavy burden in the safe hands of the luggage compartment i went to my seat and was g…

verb

Load heavily.

Usage examples:

She walked forwards burdened with a wooden box

noun

A duty or responsibility that is hard to bear

Usage examples:

I don’t want to be a burden on my children., he was burdened with debts.

verb

Demand (an amount) as a price for a service rendered or goods supplied.

Usage examples:

Wedding planners may charge an hourly fee of up to £150

noun

A price asked for goods or services.

Usage examples:

Our standard charge for a letter is £25

noun

An ambassador's deputy.

verb

Deliver (something) to a person's keeping.

Usage examples:

He consigned three paintings to sotheby's

verb

To give or send, or to put someone in an unpleasant place or situation

Usage examples:

She refused to consign her children to a life of poverty.

verb

To send goods or documents to a person or company

Usage examples:

Consign sth to sb the goods will be consigned to you by air freight., most items that you consign t…

noun

A person sent or authorized to represent others, in particular an elected representative sent to a conference.

Usage examples:

The delegates rejected the proposal

verb

Entrust (a task or responsibility) to another person, typically one who is less senior than oneself.

Usage examples:

She must delegate duties so as to free herself for more important tasks

verb

A person appointed or elected to represent others

verb

Appoint or instruct (someone) to perform a task for which one is responsible.

Usage examples:

She was deputed to look after him while clare was away

noun

A person appointed to act in an official capacity or as a representative of another official.

Usage examples:

A depute chairman

verb

To ask someone to act or speak for you

Usage examples:

[ + to infinitive ] i've deputed lara brown to speak for me at the conference., she's deputing the …

verb

Transfer or delegate (power) to a lower level, especially from central government to local or regional administration.

Usage examples:

Measures to devolve power to a scottish assembly

verb

To give power or a responsibility to a person or group that is at a lower level or has less authority

Usage examples:

Devolve sth to sb/sth spending under these budget items must be devolved to local offices., the con…

verb

To (cause power or responsibility to) be given to other people

Usage examples:

To be a good manager, you must know how to devolve responsibility downwards., devolve on/upon forma…

verb

Restrict or impede (someone or something) in such a way that free action or movement is difficult.

Usage examples:

She was encumbered by her heavy skirts

verb

To weigh someone or something down, or to make it difficult for someone to do something

Usage examples:

Be encumbered with/by today, thankfully, women tennis players are not encumbered with/by long, heav…

verb

Provide with a quality, ability, or asset.

Usage examples:

He was endowed with tremendous physical strength

verb

To give money that will provide an income for a college or university, a hospital, or other organization

Usage examples:

In 1937, mellon endowed the national gallery of art., people think jefferson was endowed with great…

verb

To give a large amount of money to pay for creating a college, hospital, etc., or to provide an income for it

Usage examples:

$1.5 million was donated to endow a university chair in his name.

verb

Freely transfer the possession of (something) to (someone).

Usage examples:

She gave him presents and clothes

noun

Capacity to bend or alter in shape under pressure.

Usage examples:

Plastic pots that have enough give to accommodate the vigorous roots

Transfer possession of something concrete or abstract

verb

Agree to give or allow (something requested) to.

Usage examples:

They were granted a meeting

noun

A sum of money given by a government or other organization for a particular purpose.

Usage examples:

A research grant

verb

To give, agree to give, or do something that another person has asked for, esp. as an official or formal act

Usage examples:

She was granted american citizenship., [ + (that) clause ] i grant you (that) it must have been ups…

phrasal verb

To surrender someone or something to another

phrasal verb

To give something to someone, esp. after being asked or told to do this

Usage examples:

Tighter sanctions will be sought unless the suspects are handed over by the end of february.

phrasal verb

To give someone else control of or responsibility for something

Usage examples:

To hand over control/power/responsibility, hand sth over to sb the founder handed the company over …

verb

Put (money) into financial schemes, shares, property, or a commercial venture with the expectation of achieving a profit.

Usage examples:

The company is to invest £12 m in its manufacturing site at linlithglow

verb

To put money or effort into something to make a profit or achieve a result

Usage examples:

[ t ] she tends to invest a lot of energy in her work., [ i ] i think it’s time to invest in (= buy…

verb

To buy something that you think will go up in value, for example shares or property, in order to make a profit

Usage examples:

It's a good time to invest., invest in sth he's not certain whether to invest in the property marke…

noun

A seat fastened on the back of a horse or other animal for riding, typically made of leather and raised at the front and rear.

Usage examples:

Proper tuareg riding saddles are placed in front of the camel's hump and you sit cross-legged with …

verb

Put a saddle on (a horse).

Usage examples:

He was in the stable saddling up his horse

noun

A seat, usually made of leather, fastened on the back of a horse for a rider

Usage examples:

She saddled her pony and went riding.

noun

A compulsory contribution to state revenue, levied by the government on workers' income and business profits, or added to the cost of some goods, services, and transactions.

Usage examples:

Higher taxes will dampen consumer spending

verb

Impose a tax on (someone or something).

Usage examples:

The income will be taxed at the top rate

noun

(an amount of) money paid to the government, usually a percentage of personal income or of the cost of goods or services bought

Usage examples:

[ c ] income/sales/social security tax, [ c ] a property/gasoline tax, [ u ] the senator proposed a…