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payeeship

payeeship noun: the role or status of payee.

Noun

payeeship (countable and uncountable, plural payeeships)

  1. The role or status of payee.
    • Persons who receive income-payment benefits from a government agency may voluntarily seek, or be involuntarily subjected to, representative payeeship.1983, Stanley S. Herr, Stephen Arons, Richard Edward Wallace, Legal Rights and Mental-Health Care, page 136

Forms of payeeship

pluralpayeeships

Origin of payeeship

From payee + -ship.

Questions about payeeship

What does payeeship mean?
Payeeship means the role or status of payee.
What part of speech is payeeship?
Payeeship is a noun.
What is the plural of payeeship?
The plural of payeeship is payeeships.

Words near payeeship in the dictionary

  1. payed
  2. payed out
  3. payedst
  4. payee
  5. payees
  6. payeeship
  7. payeeships
  8. Payen
  9. Payen Ghaut
  10. payens
  11. payer

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