trustee

English

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Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -iː

Noun

trustee (plural trustees)

1. 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.

Translations

a person to whom property is legally committed in trust

• Finnish: luottamusmies (fi), uskottu mies (fi)
• French: mandataire social
• Icelandic: fjárhaldsmaður m

• Russian: попечитель (ru) (popečitelʹ) m
• Spanish: fiduciario (es) m, fiduciaria (es) f

Derived terms

• board of trustees

Verb

trustee

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