fiduciary

Meanings

Adjective

• Relating to an entity that owes to another good faith, accountability and trust, often in the context of trusts and trustees.
• Pertaining to paper money whose value depends on public confidence or securities.

Noun

• One who holds a thing in trust for another; a trustee.
• One who depends for salvation on faith, without works; an antinomian.

Origin

• From Latin fīdūciārius ("held in trust"), from fīdūcia.