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trustee

/tɹʌsˈtiː/

trustee 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.

Noun

trustee (plural trustees)

  1. (trust law) 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.2020, Katharina Pistor, “2: Coding Land”, in The Code of Capital […] , Princeton University Press, →ISBN
  2. A person in whose hands the effects of another are attached in a trustee process.

Verb

trustee (third-person singular simple present trustees, present participle trusteeing, simple past and past participle trusteed)

  1. (transitive) To commit (property) to the care of a trustee.
    • to trustee an estate
  2. (transitive) To attach (a debtor's wages, credits, or property in the hands of a third person) in the interest of the creditor.

trustee meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

trustee in Hindi

न्यासी, ट्रस्टी

trustee in Tamil

அறங்காவலர், பொறுப்பாட்சியர், சொத்தாட்சியர் பொறுப்பாளர், பொறுப்பாட்சியர் அறங்காவலர், தர்மகர்த்தா

trustee in Marathi

न्यासी

trustee in Urdu

امین
More languagesFewer languages
trustee in Bengali
অছি, ন্যাসরক্ষক
trustee in Telugu
ధర్మకర్త, ట్రస్టీ, ధర్మకర్త్రి
trustee in Malayalam
കൈക്കാരൻ
trustee in Kannada
ಅಡರ‍್ಪುಗ, ಧರ್ಮದರ್ಶಿ, ನ್ಯಾಸಧಾರಿ, ವಿಶ್ವಸ್ತ
trustee in Punjabi
ਟਰੱਸਟੀ
trustee in Gujarati
ટ્રસ્ટી
trustee in Odia
ଟ୍ରଷ୍ଟି, ଟ୍ରାଷ୍ଟି
trustee in Nepali
न्यासी, ट्रस्टी, न्यासीलाई
trustee in Tagalog
katiwala
trustee in Malay
pemegang amanah
trustee in Indonesian
wali amanat
trustee in Thai
ทรัสตี trás-dtii

Examples of trustee in a sentence

  • Who heads the board of trustees?
  • If any beneficiary does not survive the settlor for a period of 30 days then the trustee shall distribute that beneficiary’s share to the surviving beneficiaries by right of representation.
  • Trustee given power to holdback distributions if adverse to beneficiary's interest .

All 25 example sentences with trustee

Forms of trustee

Noun
pluraltrustees
Verb
third-person singular presenttrustees
present participletrusteeing
past participletrusteed
pasttrusteed

Plural of trustee: trustees

Origin of trustee

From trust + -ee.

Words formed from trustee

Phrases with trustee

Words that rhyme with trustee

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Questions about trustee

What does trustee mean?
Trustee means 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.
What is trustee in Hindi?
Trustee in Hindi is न्यासी, ट्रस्टी. See Trustee meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is trustee?
Trustee can be a noun or a verb.
How do you pronounce trustee?
Trustee is pronounced /tɹʌsˈtiː/.
What is the plural of trustee?
The plural of trustee is trustees.

Words near trustee in the dictionary

  1. trusted someone across the street
  2. trusted someone as far as one could fling a bull by the tail
  3. trusted someone as far as one could spit
  4. trusted someone as far as one could throw them
  5. trustedst
  6. trustee
  7. trustee de son tort
  8. trustee stock
  9. trustee stocks
  10. trusteed
  11. trusteeing

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: trustee (page history and authors); trustee (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); trustee (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); trustee (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); trustee (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); trustee (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); trustee (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); trustee (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); trustee (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); trustee (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); trustee (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); trustee (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); trustee (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). 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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