The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word ENTRUSTS
I've seen this crossword clue in Financial Times
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More clues leading to the result ENTRUSTS
- Gives responsibility to new nurses taking temperature twice
- Commends review of nurses taking temperature twice
- Charges department with decay and loses heart
- Charges bungling nutters with abduction of son
- Engineer runs test for delegates
- Puzzle set, turns and hands it over
- Deteriorates after hospital department charges
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What does ENTRUSTS mean?
ENTRUSTS verb- To trust to the care of.