bailment
English
Etymology
bail + -ment
Noun
bailment (plural bailments)
- (obsolete) Bail.
- (law) The handing over of control over, or possession of, personal property by one person, the bailor, to another, the bailee, for a specific purpose upon which the parties have agreed.
Hypernyms
- (in law): contract
Hyponyms
- (in law): deposit
- (in law): loan
- (in law): mandate
- (in law): pawn
- (in law): pledge
Anagrams
- bimental, libament, mintable