EGAVE

trustee

About 3.66 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun 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.
  2. noun A person in whose hands the effects of another are attached in a trustee process.
  3. verb To commit (property) to the care of a trustee.
    to trustee an estate
  4. verb To attach (a debtor's wages, credits, or property in the hands of a third person) in the interest of the creditor.

Similar words

regent legal guardian fiduciary trusteeship bailee estate debtor bankruptcy receiver administrator

Often followed by

of for in to or is and shall may

Word family

trusteed trusteeing trustees trusty

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