bailment

Noun

Meaning

The action of bailing a person accused.

A delivery of goods or money by one person to another in trust, for some special purpose, upon a contract, expressed or implied, that the trust shall be faithfully executed.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

depot security storage bond guarantee mandate deposition deposit submission filing bail collateral repository plating sedimentation

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Antonyms

fight opposition debt spending waste disorder

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Hypernyms

delivery livery legal transfer

Anagrams

libament bimental mintable

Examples

Bailment is often regarded as the separation of ownership and possession. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

Baillieston Baillon's shearwater Bailly bailo Bailon bailor