trustee
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
- Rhymes: -iː
NounEdit
trustee (plural trustees)
- A person to whom property is legally committed in trust, to be applied either for the benefit of specified individuals, 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 termsEdit
TranslationsEdit
person to whom property is legally committed in trust
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VerbEdit
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.
- to trustee an estate
- (transitive) To attach (a debtor's wages, credits, or property in the hands of a third person) in the interest of the creditor.