English Online Dictionary. What means trustee? What does trustee mean?
English
Etymology
From trust + -ee.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tɹʌsˈtiː/
- Rhymes: -iː
Noun
trustee (plural trustees)
- (trust law) A person to whom property is legally committed in trust, to be applied either for the benefit of specified individuals (beneficiaries), or for public uses; one who is intrusted with property for the benefit of another.
- A person in whose hands the effects of another are attached in a trustee process.
Derived terms
Translations
See also
- beneficiary
- settlor
Verb
trustee (third-person singular simple present trustees, present participle trusteeing, simple past and past participle trusteed)
- (transitive) To commit (property) to the care of a trustee.
- (transitive) To attach (a debtor's wages, credits, or property in the hands of a third person) in the interest of the creditor.
Anagrams
- Surette