trusteetrust·ee /
trQ5sti: /
noun1. a person or an organization that has control of money or property that has been put into a
trust
for sb
(财产的)受托人2. a member of a group of people that controls the financial affairs of a charity or other organization
(慈善事业或其他机构的)受托人 Oxford Collocations dictionary for students of Englishtrustee
noun
ADJ. joint They act as joint trustees of the fund. | sole | independent | public | professional
VERB + TRUSTEE act as, be, serve as | appoint, appoint sb (as) | remove (sb as) | resign as
PREP. ~ for They hold the land as trustees for the infant.
PHRASES a board of trustees
trust·eeI. \|trə|stē\
noun
(
-s)
Etymology: trust (III)
+ -ee1. : one to whom something is entrusted
: one trusted to keep or administer something
< custodians of very glorious traditions, and the trustees of a spiritual wealth — W.R.Inge >
as
a. : a member of a board entrusted with administering the funds and directing the policy of an institution or organization (as a school, hospital, philanthropic foundation)
b. : a country charged with the supervision of a trust territory
2.
a. : a person whether real or juristic to whom property is legally committed in trust
: one holding legal title to property which he must administer for the benefit of a beneficiary or for a purpose recognized as legally charitable or as lawful by statute
b. : one in whose hands the effects of another are attached by the trustee process
c. : one held to a fiduciary duty similar in some respects to that of a trustee
< the directors of a bank may be trustees for the depositors >
< directors of a corporation are trustees for the stockholders >
< a guardian is trustee of his ward's property >II. verb
(
trusteed ;
trusteed ;
trusteeing ;
trustees)
transitive verb: to commit to the care of a trustee
< required to either sell or trustee their holdings in one or the other end of the business — Springfield (Massachusetts) Union >
< whose scheme of social organization is to be adopted in the trusteed areas of the world — Isaiah Bowman >intransitive verb: to serve as trustee
III.variant of trusty