deed of trust

1. 1.

   a written instrument legally conveying property to a trustee often used to secure an obligation such as a mortgage or promissory note

   Synonymstrust deed

   Broaderlegal document

   law

Questions about deed of trust

What does deed of trust mean?

deed of trust means "a written instrument legally conveying property to a trustee often used to secure an obligation such as a mortgage or promissory note".

What is another word for deed of trust?

Close synonyms include trust deed. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is deed of trust a common word?

deed of trust is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.