trusteed

Variant of trustee

trustee definition

trustee (trus tē)

noun

  1. a person to whom another's property or the management of another's property is entrusted
  2. a nation under whose authority a trust territory is placed
  3. any of a group or board of persons appointed to manage the affairs of an institution or organization
  4. ☆ in some U.S. states, a person in whose hands the property of a debtor is attached by means of garnishment; garnishee

transitive verb trusteed -·eed′, trusteeing -·ee′·ing

  1. to commit (property or management) to a trustee or trustees
  2. ☆ to attach by means of garnishment

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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