Word Study
bailee
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun bailee has 1 sense
- bailee(n = noun.person) - the agent to whom property involved in a bailment is delivered; is a kind of agent
Derived form verb bail2
CIDE DICTIONARY
bailee, n. [OF. baillé, p. p. of bailler. See Bail to deliver.].
The person to whom goods are committed in trust, and who has a temporary possession and a qualified property in them, for the purposes of the trust. Blackstone. [1913 Webster]
" In penal statutes the word includes those who receive goods for another in good faith." Wharton.
[1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
bailee, n. Law a person or party to whom goods are committed for a purpose, e.g. custody or repair, without transfer of ownership.
Etymology
BAIL(1) + -EE
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