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  • 131active trust — UK US noun [C] LAW, FINANCE ► a trust (= arrangement of legal control over someone s money or property) where the trustee (= person who has this control) has other particular duties, such as investing money, or passing on profits, rents, etc.… …

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  • 132active — (adj.) mid 14c., given to worldly activity (opposed to contemplative or monastic), from O.Fr. actif (12c.) or directly from L. activus, from actus (see ACT (Cf. act) (n.)). As capable of acting (opposed to passive), from late 14c. Meaning… …

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