bailment

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

French baillierbor.

English bail

Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥

Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom

Proto-Italic *-mentom

Latin -mentum

Old French -mentbor.

Middle English -ment

English -ment

English bailment

From bail + -ment.

Noun

bailment (plural bailments)

1. (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.
2. (obsolete) Bail.

Hypernyms

• (in law): contract

Hyponyms

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

Anagrams

• Main Belt, bimental, libament, main belt, mintable