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faith faith [feɪθ] noun [uncountable]
1. confidence that someone or something can be trusted or will work properly:
faith in
• We have faith in our staff.
• Don't put too much faith in competition.
• Foreign investors were losing faith in the country.
a duty that an employee has to their employer not to do anything that would harm the business:
• The duty of good faith will be broken if an employee copies a list of his employer's customers for use after his employment ends.
2. LAW good faith if you do something in good faith, you do not intend to deceive anyone and believe that what you are doing is honest:
• As a gesture of good faith, he deposited £1,000 with the business agents.
• A bank is not liable if it has accepted the cheque in good faith.
• Throughout the negotiations we acted in good faith.
3. LAW bad faith if you do something in bad faith, you intend to deceive people:
• The jury found that all three accountants had acted in bad faith.
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faith UK US /feɪθ/ noun [U]
► have faith in sb/sth »
Board members insisted they had absolute faith in the current management team.
put your faith in sb/sth »
You can't ask customers to put their faith in a product that hasn't been properly tested.
lose faith in sb/sth »
Stock holders seem to have lost faith in the banking sector.
Financial and business terms.
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Faith — • In the Old Testament, the Hebrew word means essentially steadfastness. As signifying man s attitude towards God it means trustfulness or fiducia Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Faith Faith … Catholic encyclopedia
Faith — is a belief in the trustworthiness of an idea. Formal usage of the word faith is usually reserved for concepts of religion, as in theology, where it almost universally refers to a trusting belief in a transcendent reality, or else in a Supreme… … Wikipedia
Faith — Faith is in general the persuasion of the mind that a certain statement is true (Phil. 1:27; 2 Thess. 2:13). Its primary idea is trust. A thing is true, and therefore worthy of trust. It admits of many degrees up to full assurance of faith, in … Easton's Bible Dictionary
faith — W2 [feıθ] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(trust/confidence in somebody/something)¦ 2¦(religion)¦ 3 break faith with somebody/something 4 keep faith with somebody/something 5 good faith 6 bad faith 7 an act of faith ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ [Date: 1200 1300; : Old French; Origin:… … Dictionary of contemporary English
Faith — (f[=a]th), n. [OE. feith, fayth, fay, OF. feid, feit, fei, F. foi, fr. L. fides; akin to fidere to trust, Gr. pei qein to persuade. The ending th is perhaps due to the influence of such words as truth, health, wealth. See {Bid}, {Bide}, and cf.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Faith — bezeichnet: Orte in den Vereinigten Staaten: Faith (Arkansas) Faith (Minnesota) Faith (Missouri) Faith (North Carolina) Faith (South Dakota) Personen mit dem Familien oder Künstlernamen Faith Adam Faith (1940–2003), englischer Popsänger,… … Deutsch Wikipedia
faith — [ feıθ ] noun *** 1. ) uncount strong belief in or trust of someone or something: have faith in: I m delighted to know you have such faith in me. lose faith in: The public have lost faith in what the government is doing. put your faith in… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
Faith — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda Faith (en castellano: fe) puede referirse a: Música Faith (1981), álbum de la banda británica The Cure; Faith (1987), álbum de George Michael; Faith (1987), canción de George Michael; Faith (2003), canción de Celine… … Wikipedia Español
faith — [fāth] n. [ME feith < OFr feid, fei < L fides, confidence, belief (in LL(Ec), the Christian religion) < fidere, to trust < IE base * bheidh , to urge, be convinced > BIDE, Gr peithein, to persuade, L foedus, a compact] 1.… … English World dictionary
faith — n 1 a: allegiance or loyalty to a duty or a person b: sincerity or honesty of intentions see also bad faith, good faith 2: fidelity to one s promises and obligations … Law dictionary
