bailee
Plural: bailees
Noun
- A person to whom property is entrusted for a specific purpose.
- the agent to whom property involved in a bailment is delivered
- One who holds bailed property; one who takes possession of the property of another (called a bailor) in order to keep that property safe for the other.
- A person who is granted bail.
Examples
- The rack is a bailee, holding my precious letters until I play them.
Origin / Etymology
From bail + -ee.
Scrabble Score: 8
bailee: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordbailee: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
bailee: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 10
bailee: valid Words With Friends Word