trustee

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EnglishEdit

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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; also, a person in whose hands the effects of another are attached in a trustee process.

TranslationsEdit

person to whom property is legally committed in trust

Chinese:
Mandarin: 受託人 (zh), 受托人 (zh) (shòutuōrén), 受託者 (zh), 受托者 (shoùtuōzhě)
Dutch: mandataris, beheerder
Finnish: uskottu mies
French: mandataire social m, fiduciaire (fr) m, f
German: Treuhänder m, Treuhänderin f
Greek: διαχειριστής (el) m (diacheiristís)

Icelandic: fjárhaldsmaður m
Japanese: 受託者 (じゅたくしゃ, jutakusha), 管財人 (かんざいにん, kanzainin), 保管人 (ほかんにん, hokannin)
Russian: попечитель (ru) m (popečítelʹ), попечительница (ru) f (popečítelʹnica), доверительный собственник m (doverítelʹnyj sóbstvennik), доверительная собственница f (doverítelʹnaja sóbstvennica)
Spanish: fiduciario (es) m, fiduciaria f

Derived termsEdit

board of trustees
public trustee

VerbEdit

trustee

To commit (property) to the care of a trustee; as, to trustee an estate.
To attach (a debtor's wages, credits, or property in the hands of a third person) in the interest of the creditor.

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