fiduciary

English

Etymology

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From Latin fīdūciārius (“held in trust”), from fīdūcia (“trust”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fʌɪˈdjuːʃəɹi/

Adjective

fiduciary (not comparable)

1. (law) Relating to an entity that owes to another good faith, accountability and trust, often in the context of trusts and trustees.

   a fiduciary contract

   a fiduciary duty

2. Pertaining to paper money whose value depends on public confidence or securities.
   • 2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin 2003, p. 63:

     Indeed, currency would be more effective for not being gold and silver but fiduciary paper money.

Translations

related to trusts and trustees

• Arabic: please add this translation if you can
• Bulgarian: доверен (bg) (doveren)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Finnish: luottamus- (fi), luottamukseen perustuva
• French: fiduciaire (fr)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• German: treuhänderisch, fiduziarisch (de)
• Italian: fiduciale
• Japanese: please add this translation if you can
• Russian: дове́ренный (ru) (dovérennyj), фидуциа́рный (ru) (fiduciárnyj)
• Spanish: fiduciario (es)

Noun

fiduciary (plural fiduciaries)

1. (law) One who holds a thing in trust for another; a trustee.
2. (theology) One who depends for salvation on faith, without works; an antinomian.

Translations

trustee

• Arabic: please add this translation if you can
• Bulgarian: опекун m (opekun), попечител (bg) m (popečitel)
• Catalan: fiduciari
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 受託人／受托人 (zh) (shòutuōrén), 受托人 (zh) (shòutuōrén), 受託者／受托者 (zh) (shòutuōzhě), 受托者 (zh) (shoùtuōzhě)

• Dutch: gemachtigde (nl), mandataris (nl), curator (nl)
• Finnish: uskottu mies
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• French: mandataire (fr), chargé de pouvoirs, curateur (fr)
• German: Treuhänder m
• Italian: mandatario (it)
• Japanese: please add this translation if you can
• Russian: опеку́н (ru) m (opekún), опеку́нша (ru) f (opekúnša), попечи́тель (ru) m (popečítelʹ), попечи́тельница (ru) f (popečítelʹnica), дове́ренное лицо́ n (dovérennoje licó), фидуциа́рий (ru) m (fiduciárij)
• Spanish: fiduciario (es) m, fiduciaria f, mandatario, apoderado (es), procurador, representante (es), curador (es)