bailment

English

Noun

bailment (plural bailments)

1. (obsolete) Bail.
2. (law) The handing over of control over, or possession of, personal property by one person, the bailor, to another, the bailee, for a specific purpose upon which the parties have agreed.

Hypernyms

• (in law): contract

Hyponyms

• (in law): deposit
• (in law): loan
• (in law): mandate
• (in law): pawn
• (in law): pledge

Anagrams

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