Search Result for "trustee":
Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (2)
1. a person (or institution) to whom legal title to property is entrusted to use for another's benefit;
[syn: trustee, legal guardian]
2. members of a governing board;
[syn: regent, trustee]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Trustee \Trus*tee"\, v. t. 1. To commit (property) to the care of a trustee; as, to trustee an estate. [1913 Webster] 2. (Law) To attach (a debtor's wages, credits, or property in the hands of a third person) in the interest of the creditor. [U. S.] [1913 Webster]The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Trustee \Trus*tee"\, n. (Law) 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. [1913 Webster] Trustee process (Law), a process by which a creditor may attach his debtor's goods, effects, and credits, in the hands of a third person; -- called, in some States, the process of foreign attachment, garnishment, or factorizing process. [U. S.] [1913 Webster]Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
39 Moby Thesaurus words for "trustee": accepter, accountant, acquirer, addressee, audience, auditor, beholder, bookkeeper, bursar, cashier, cashkeeper, chamberlain, comptroller, consignee, controller, curator, depositary, depository, fiduciary, financial officer, getter, hearer, holder, liquidator, listener, looker, obtainer, payee, paymaster, procurer, purse bearer, purser, receiver, recipient, spectator, steward, taker, treasurer, viewer
