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(law) Relating to an entity that owes to another good faith, accountability and trust, often in the context of trusts and trustees. examples
Pertaining to paper money whose value depends on public confidence or securities. quotations examples
Indeed, currency would be more effective for not being gold and silver but fiduciary paper money.
2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin, published 2003, page 63
(nonstandard) Accepted as a trusted reference such as a point, value, or marker; fiducial.
plural fiduciaries
(law) One who holds a thing in trust for another. quotations examples
“We focus on sustainability not because we’re environmentalists, but because we are capitalists and fiduciaries to our clients,” Mr. Fink wrote.
2022 January 18, Andrew Ross Sorkin, Michael J. de la Merced, quoting Larry Fink, “It’s Not ‘Woke’ for Businesses to Think Beyond Profit, BlackRock Chief Says”, in The New York Times
(theology) One who depends for salvation on faith, without works; an antinomian.