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Definition: Bailment |
BailmentNoun1. The delivery of personal property in trust by the bailor to the bailee. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definitions |
Economics | A delivery of goods or personal property by one person (the bailor) to another (the bailee) on an express or implied contract for a particular purpose related to the goods while in possession of the bailee, who has a duty to redeliver them to the bailor. (references) |
Law | Give a chattel into custody. Source: European Union. (references) |
| Contract whereby the bailee is obligated to the bailor to take a chattel into custody, which the latter entrusts to him, and to keep it in a safe place. Source: European Union. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Bailments may be of several types: a bailment may be gratuitous when the bailee receives no compensation (as when you borrow your friend's notebook computer to work on an open source online encyclopedia project because he believes in the open source movement and wants to help you out), or a bailment for hire for which the bailee is compensated as in the parking garage example above, another common example is the coatcheck person.
A constructive bailment is a legal obligation that is imposed upon someone who has possession of property to return that property to the rightful owner as when the bailment is involuntary (done without intent or by accident but without negligence). An involuntary bailee may be liable in conversion if they do not return the property on the request of the bailor.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Bailment."
Crosswords: Bailment |
| English words defined with "bailment": bailee, bailor ♦ Qualified property. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "bailment": deposit of fungible goods, deposited chattel, deposited object. (references) |
| "Bailment" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Bailment" is used about 31 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 31 | 62,296 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
bailment | 17 |
agreement bailment | 3 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "bailment"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | peng (caution money, deposit, Gage, guarantee, guaranty, hock, hostage, mortgage, pawn, pledge). (various references) | |
Arabic | إيداع بضاعة, إطلاق سراح بكفالة (bail). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | пускане под гаранция, даване имущество на съхранение. (various references) | |
Czech | úschova (deposit). (various references) | |
Dutch | bewaargeving. (various references) | |
Finnish | tavaran luovuttaminen toiselle säilyttämistä varten. (various references) | |
French | mise en liberté sous caution (bail), déposition, dépôt, contrat de dépôt, acte de dépôt. (various references) | |
German | Verwahrung (caveat, conservatory act, custody, detention, flashing, internment, keeping, prevention, prophylaxis, protection, protest, safe keeping, safekeeping, segregation, storage), Hinterlegungsvertrag, Hinterlegungsurkunde, Hinterlegung (deposit, guarantee deposit, lodgement, security). (various references) | |
Greek | εγγύηση εμπορευμάτων, ενεχυρίαση εμπορευμάτων. (various references) | |
Hungarian | vadék. (various references) | |
Italian | deposito cauzionale, deposito (account, accumulation, attic, bestowal, check in, commissary, deposit, deposition, depository, depot, down payment, drift, drop crater, droplet impaction, leaving, loft, magazine, memory, pawn, payment on account, pledge, point deposit, precipitate, repository, sediment, sedimentation, spray coating, spray deposit, stockpile, stockroom, storage, storage house, store, storehouse, storeroom, unloading point, warehouse), contratto di deposito, atto di deposito. (various references) | |
Manx | raanteenys (cognizance, security, sponsorship, underwriting). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ailmentbay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | libertação sob fiança, depósito (caking, crud, crud deposits, deposit, deposition, depository, depot, down payment, dreg, drop crater, droplet impaction, font, foots, garner, gas reservoir, handsel, Hansel, lodging allowance, magazine, outhouse, payment on account, point deposit, precipitate, reservoir, sediment, sedimentation, sludge, spray coating, spray deposit, stack, staging area, stockroom, storage, storage house, store, storehouse, storeroom, tank, train depot, warehouse, yard), contrato de depósito, caução (bail, caution, collateral, collateral investment, contract involving a guarantee, contract of guarantee, contract of guaranty, coverage, deed of contract, deposit, Gage, guarantee, guarantee agreement, guarantee deposit, guaranty, pledge, recognizance, security, sponsion, surety, surety-bond, warrant). (various references) | |
Romanian | garanţie (assurance, bail, earnest, faith, guarantee, guaranty, hostage, indemnification, liability, lien, pledge, recognizance, security, sponsion, sponsorship, surety, token, warrant), eliberare pe cauţiune, depunere a averii în pãstrare, cauţiune (bail, guarantee, guaranty, replevin, security, sponsion, surety). (various references) | |
Russian | освобождение на поруки. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | privredno prenošenje, polaganje kaucije. (various references) | |
Spanish | puesta en libertad bajo fianza. (various references) | |
Swedish | deposition av egendom. (various references) | |
Turkish | teminât verme, kefalet (bail, caution, caution money, guarantee, guaranty, indemnification, recognizance, security, sponsion, suretyship, warranty). (various references) | |
Ukranian | звільнення на поруки, звільнення під заставу, застава (bail, barrier, bond, borrow, gate, guarantee, hostage, mortgage, outpost, pawn, pledge, recognizance, toll bar), порука (bail, borrow, caution, earnest, pledge, warrant), депонування. (various references) | |
Vietnamese | sự ký gửi h ng hoá sự cho tạm tự do ở ngo i có bảo lãnh. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "bailment": bailments. (additional references) | |
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"Bailment" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Bailen, bailments, Batiment, bioelement. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "bailment" (pronounced 'Bail"ment'): Abasement, Abashment, Abatement, Abetment, Abjurement, Abodement, Aborsement, Abortment, Abridgment, Absentment, Abutment, Accordment, Accouchement, Accroachment, Accrument, Accusement, Acquirement, Acquitment, Adjournment, Adjudgment, Adjustment, Adorement, Adornment, Advancement, Advisement, Affeerment, Afforcement, Affordment, Affrayment, Affreightment, Affrightment, Aggroupment, Agistment, Agreement, Agroupment, Ailment, Alignment, Alinement, Allayment, Allegement, Allignment, Allotment, Allurement, Amassment, Amazement, Amendment, Amercement, Amusement, Annexment, Announcement, Annulment, Anointment, Apartment, Appallment, Appeachment, Appeasement, Appertainment, Appliment, Applotment, Appointment, Appraisement, Apprizement, Approachment, Arraignment, Arrestment, Ascertainment, Aspirement, Assailment, Assentment, Assessment, assignment, Assithment, Assortment, Assuagement, Assythment, Astoundment, Attachment, Attainment, Attaintment, Attendment, Attirement, Attornment, auripigment, Availment, Avengement, Averment, Avisement, Avouchment, Baptizement, Basement, Batement, Befriendment, Beguilement, Benightment, Benumbment, Bequeathment, Bereavement, Beseechment, Besetment, Besiegement, Bestowment, Betrayment, Betrothment, Betrustment, Bewailment, Bewitchment, Bewrayment, Bisegment, Blastment, Bodement, Bombardment, Bushment, Butment, Cajolement, Casement, Catchment, Cerement, Cessment, Chatoyment, Cloyment, Coadjustment, Commandment, Commencement, Commitment, Compartment, Compilement, Completement, Complotment, Comportment, Concealment, Condolement, Confinement, Confutement, Congealment, Conjurement, Consignment, Containment, Contentment, Contrivement, Controlment, Convincement, Copartment, Counterrolment, Curtailment, Debarment, Debasement, Debatement, Debauchment, Deboshment, Decampment, Decidement, Declarement, Decorement, Deducement, Defacement, Deferment, Definement, Deforcement, Defraudment, Defrayment, Degradement, Delayment, Denotement, Denouncement, Department, Deplorement, Deportment, Depravement, Deprivement, Derailment, Derangement, Derivement, Desightment, Designment, Despisement, Despoilment, Detachment, Detainment, Determent, Dethronement, Devolvement, Devotement, Diducement, Disagreement, Disannulment, Disappointment, Disarrangement, Disarrayment, Disavowment, Disbandment, Disbarment, Disbursement, Discernment, Discontentment, Diseasement, Disembarkment, Disemboguement, Disemployment, Disenchantment, Disendowment, Disengagement, Disenthrallment, Disgorgement, Disguisement, Disimprovement, Disinterment, Disinthrallment, Dislodgment, Dismastment, Disobligement, Disownment, Dispatchment, Disportment, Disposement, Distillment, Divergement, Divestment, Divinement, Divorcement, Easement, Effacement, Ejectment, Eloignment, Eloinment, Elopement, Embalmment, Embankment, Embarkment, Embasement, Embayment, Embedment, Emboitement, Embossment, Emboyssement, Embracement, Embranchment, Embreathement, Embroilment, Embushment, Empalement, Emplacement, Employment, Enactment, Encampment, Encasement, Encashment, Enchainment, Enchantment, Enclavement, Encroachment, Encrustment, Encystment, Endearment, Endictment, Endowment, Enduement, Endurement, Enfeoffment, Enfoldment, Enforcement, Engagement, Engorgement, Engraffment, Engrailment, Engravement, Engrossment, Engulfment, enhancement, Enjoinment, Enjoyment, Enlacement, Enlargement, Enlistment, Enouncement, Enragement, Enrichment, Enrockment, Enrollment, Enslavement, Enswathement, Entailment, Entassment, Entertainment, Enthrallment, Enthronement, Enticement, Entombment, Entrancement, Entreatment, Entwinement, Enwrapment, Epaulement, Equipment, Erasement, Escapement, Escarpment, Eschewment, Espousement, Estrangement, Estrepement, Evincement, Evolvement, Exaltment, Excitement, Excusement, Exertment, Exhalement, Exhaustment, Explorement, Extolment, Farcement, Feoffment, figment, fitment, Fleshment, Forcement, Foreappointment, Forebodement, Forejudgment, fragment, Freshment, Frightment, fulfillment, garment, Gazement, Imbankment, Imbowment, Imbruement, Imbrutement, Imbuement, Imbursement, Immoment, immurement, Impackment, impairment, Impartment, impeachment, impingement, Imposement, impressment, improvement, Impugnment, Incagement, incasement, Incensement, incitement, Incommodement, Increasement, Incrustment, Indebtment, Indentment, indictment, Inditement, Indorsement, Indowment, inducement, Induement, Indulgement, Infeoffment, Infoldment, infringement, Ingraftment, Ingulfment, Insignment, installment, instillment, Insultment, Intendment, Interchangement, Interlacement, interment, internment, Inthrallment, Intombment, intrenchment, Introducement, Intwinement, Inurement, investment, Invitement, involvement, judgment, jument, Lavement, Ledgment, lodgment, loment, maladjustment, Maltreament, Mandment, Manurement, Mendment, Misadjustment, Misallotment, Misarrangement, Misemployment, Misimprovement, Misjudgment, misplacement, misstatement. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-b-e-i-l-m-n-t" | |
-1 letter: ailment, aliment, ambient, bimetal, lambent, limbate, minable, timbale. | |
-2 letters: albeit, albite, batmen, binate, entail, etamin, inmate, lambie, lament, maline, mantel, mantle, menial, mental, milneb, nimble, tamein, tenail, timbal, tineal. | |
-3 letters: alien, aline, ambit, amble, ament, amine, anile, anime, binal, blain, blame, blate, bleat, blent, blite, elain, elint, email, entia, inlet, laten, leant, leman, liane, liman, limba, limen, maile, matin, meant, menta, metal, minae, table, telia, tenia, tinea. | |
-4 letters: abet, able, alit, alme, amen, amie, amin, anil, ante, anti, bail, bait, bale, balm, bane, bani, bate, beam, bean, beat, belt, bema, bent, beta, bile, bima, bine, bint, bite, blae, blam, blat, blet, blin, elan, emit, etna, iamb, ilea, item, lain, lamb, lame, lane, late, lati, lean, lent, lien, lima, limb, lime, limn, line, lint, lite, mabe, mail, main, male, malt, mane, mate, meal, mean, meat, melt, meta, mien, mile, milt, mina, mine, mint, mite, nabe, nail, name, neat, nema, nite, tael, tail, tain, tale, tali, tame, teal, team, tela, tile, time, tine. | |
-5 letters: ail, aim, ain, ait, alb, ale, alt, ami, ane, ani, ant, ate, bal, bam, ban, bat, bel, ben, bet, bin, bit, eat, elm, eta, lab, lam, lat, lea, lei, let, lib, lie, lin, lit, mae, man, mat, mel, men, met, mib, mil, nab, nae, nam, neb, net, nib, nil, nim, nit, tab, tae, tam, tan, tea, tel, ten, tie, til, tin. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-b-e-i-l-m-n-t" | |
+1 letter: bailments. | |
+2 letters: ambivalent, embattling, habiliment, inimitable, terminable, terminably, timberland. | |
+3 letters: abolishment, amblygonite, amenability, disablement, habiliments, implantable, indomitable, inestimable, inestimably, mandibulate, mentionable, subterminal, timberlands. | |
+4 letters: abolishments, ambitionless, ambivalently, amblygonites, balletomania, blandishment, determinable, determinably, disablements, embolization, impenetrable, impenetrably, incommutable, incompatible, incomputable, interminable, interminably, magnetizable, maintainable, metabolizing, sedimentable, stablishment, unambivalent, unmistakable. | |
+5 letters: abnormalities, administrable, amenabilities, analphabetism, antimetabolic, balletomanias, blandishments, emblematizing, embolizations, enumerability, establishment, estimableness, germinability, immutableness, incompatibles, manageability, manipulatable, mensurability, multibranched, noncompatible, perambulating, perambulation, stablishments, transmissible, transmittable, troublemaking, unmentionable, unmetabolized, unproblematic. | |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000010 01100001 01101001 01101100 01101101 01100101 01101110 01110100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)B a i l m e n t |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0042 0061 0069 006C 006D 0065 006E 0074 |
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