trustee

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   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
   verb

   To commit (property) to the care of a trustee.

   to trustee an estate

3. 3
   noun

   members of a governing board

4. 4
   noun

   a person (or institution) to whom legal title to property is entrusted to use for another's benefit

5. 5
   noun

   A person in whose hands the effects of another are attached in a trustee process.

6. 6
   verb

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

Etymology

From trust + -ee.