bailee

American  

[bey-lee] / beɪˈli /

noun

Law.

1. a person to whom personal property is delivered in bailment.

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bailee British  

/ beɪˈliː /

noun

1. contract law a person to whom the possession of goods is transferred under a bailment

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Etymology

Origin of bailee

First recorded in 1520–30; bail ¹ + -ee

Example Sentences

The bailee is "on a string," and the bondsmen "may pull the string whenever they please."

From Time Magazine Archive

The court gave bondsmen the right to rearrest the bailee at any time or place�even when he has no intention of jumping bail whatever.

From Time Magazine Archive

The State of Illinois had added to the charges of larceny and embezzlement for which he was arrested last October, the new charge of "theft by bailee."

From Time Magazine Archive

"Pomfret is but the bailee of the rug, Alice."

From The Brother of Daphne by Yates, Dornford

“Aw, bailee, thuck thur ’Gustus, sent me to Ilsley market wi’ dree-score yeows and lambs, zum on en wur doubles as vine as ever you seed—and I wur a coming whoam at night, doan’tee zee?

From Greene Ferne Farm by Jefferies, Richard