payeeship

English

Etymology

payee +‎ -ship

Noun

payeeship (countable and uncountable, plural payeeships)

1. The role or status of payee.
   • 1983, Stanley S. Herr, Stephen Arons, Richard Edward Wallace, Legal Rights and Mental-Health Care, page 136:

     Persons who receive income-payment benefits from a government agency may voluntarily seek, or be involuntarily subjected to, representative payeeship.

Usage notes

• Mainly in representative payeeship, the situation where one party receives payments on behalf of another.