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reentrustment

reentrustment is the alternative spelling of re-entrustment.

Meaning of re-entrustment

Noun

re-entrustment (countable and uncountable, plural re-entrustments)

  1. A repeated act of entrustment, whether continuing entrustment in the entrusted party, or passing entrustment on to a new party.
    • Where the re-entrustment is not consented to, the agent shall bear liability for the acts of the third person, unless the agent needs to re-entrust such matters for the protection of the interests of principal due to an emergency.1999, Xianggang Zhongguo, China Patents & Trademarks, page 102

Forms of reentrustment

pluralreentrustments

Origin of reentrustment

From re- + entrustment.

Questions about reentrustment

What is reentrustment the alternative spelling of?
Reentrustment is the alternative spelling of re-entrustment.

Words near reentrustment in the dictionary

  1. reentries
  2. reentring
  3. reentrust
  4. reentrusted
  5. reentrusting
  6. reentrustment
  7. reentrustments
  8. reentrusts
  9. reentry
  10. reenvelop
  11. reenveloped

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