the.com/reliance
the quiet contract you sign with someone before you ever say the words
means The act or state of depending on someone or something with confidence that they will hold up their end.
from From Old French 'relier,' to bind or fasten together, which traces back to Latin 'religare' — 're-' (back) plus 'ligare' (to bind), the same root that gives us 'ligament' and 'ligature.' Add the noun-forming '-ance' and you get the perfect picture: reliance is the rope tied between two parties, the binding-back that keeps one from falling. The same Latin 'ligare' may also lurk behind 'religion,' though scholars argue about whether faith is a kind of binding or something else entirely.
- latin root
- from religare, to bind back, like ligament
- single source
- engineers fear it as a point of failure
- corporate giant
- Reliance Industries powers nearly a tenth of India
- trust's cousin
- trust hopes, reliance acts on the hope
reliance industries limited — indian conglomerate founded by dhirubhai ambani in 1957, now worth $200+ billion, controls refining, petrochemicals, retail, telecom
reliance jio — indian telecom network launched 2016, grew to 500+ million subscribers in 5 years, disrupted mobile pricing