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bailment

bailment noun: 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.

Noun

bailment (plural bailments)

  1. 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.

bailment meaning in Tamil and Kannada

bailment in Tamil

ஒப்படை பெறுகை

bailment in Kannada

ಜಾಮೀನು ಬಿಡುಗಡೆ, ವಶಕ್ಕೆ ಕೊಡುವುದು, ಜಮಾನತು

Forms of bailment

pluralbailments

Origin of bailment

From bail + -ment.

Questions about bailment

What does bailment mean?
Bailment means 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.
What is bailment in Tamil?
Bailment in Tamil is ஒப்படை பெறுகை. See Bailment meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is bailment?
Bailment is a noun.
What is the plural of bailment?
The plural of bailment is bailments.

Words near bailment in the dictionary

  1. Baillieston
  2. Baillon's crake
  3. Baillon's crakes
  4. Bailly
  5. Baillys
  6. bailment
  7. bailments
  8. bailo
  9. Bailon
  10. Bailongwei
  11. Bailons

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Adapted from Wiktionary: bailment (page history and authors); bailment (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); bailment (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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