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Trustee

//tɹʌsˈtiː// noun, verb

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Noun
  1. 1
    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.

    "The trust property is now managed by a trustee who holds formal title to the asset; the trustee can sell it, but only for the benefit of the beneficiary, and he must replace it with like assets."

  2. 2
    members of a governing board wordnet
  3. 3
    A person in whose hands the effects of another are attached in a trustee process.
  4. 4
    a person (or institution) to whom legal title to property is entrusted to use for another's benefit wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    To commit (property) to the care of a trustee. transitive

    "to trustee an estate"

  2. 2
    To attach (a debtor's wages, credits, or property in the hands of a third person) in the interest of the creditor. transitive

Etymology

Etymology 1

From trust + -ee.

Etymology 2

From trust + -ee.

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