payeeship
English
Etymology
payee + -ship
Noun
payeeship (countable and uncountable, plural payeeships)
- The role or status of payee.
- 1983, Stanley S. Herr, Stephen Arons, Richard Edward Wallace, Legal Rights and Mental-Health Care (page 136)
- Persons who receive income-payment benefits from a government agency may voluntarily seek, or be involuntarily subjected to, representative payeeship.
- 1983, Stanley S. Herr, Stephen Arons, Richard Edward Wallace, Legal Rights and Mental-Health Care (page 136)
Usage notes
- Mainly in representative payeeship, the situation where one party receives payments on behalf of another.