bailee


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bail·ee

 (bā-lē′)
n.
A person with whom property is left for safekeeping.
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bailee

(beɪˈliː)
n
(Law) contract law a person to whom the possession of goods is transferred under a bailment
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bail•ee

(beɪˈli)

n.
a person to whom personal property is delivered in bailment.
[1520–30]
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.bailee - the agent to whom property involved in a bailment is delivered
agent - a representative who acts on behalf of other persons or organizations
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Translations

bailee

n (Jur) → Depositar(in) m(f) (einer beweglichen Sache), (treuhänderische(r)) → Verwahrer(in) m(f)
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Molly Anderson, Macie Cockrum, Matthew Corey, Bailee Drake, Andrew Dunn, Viridiana Durantes, Toni Frayser, Carson Hill, Zachery Hubbard, Lacey Jerkins, Noah Kays, Lane Kelley, Erica Kemmerling, Brandan Luster, Braxton Lutz, Marty McEndree, Sheyanne McMahon, Mercedes Mueller, Isaiah Ord, Drew Owens, Eldon Owens, Courtney Reno, Lucas Roberts, Morgan Robertson, Emalie Saliba, Isaiah Shaw, Richard Simms, Logan Sink, Spencer Stotlar, Heather Stroud, Dawson Suedmeyer, Nathan Tiberend, Ryan Webster, Daisy Weeaks, Gabriela Wysong
Bailee Brown topped the distaff side in 1:04.03 while twin sisters Cade and Tulullah Wright came in second and third, respectively.
Before Christmas, Gomez went on a wintery getaway with her pals, Connar Franklin and actress Bailee Madison, in Big Bear, California. 
Married couple Cindy (Christina Hendricks) and Mike (Martin Henderson) arrive at a trailer park under the cloak of darkness to spend some time with their son Luke (Lewis Pullman) and daughter Kinsey (Bailee Madison, pictured with Hendricks).
Married couple Cindy (Christina Hendricks) and Mike (Martin Henderson) arrive at a trailer park under the cloak of darkness with their son Luke (Lewis Pullman) and teenage daughter Kinsey (Bailee Madison).
This time the masked trio target couple Cindy (Christina Hendricks) and Mike (Martin Henderson) and their children Kinsey (Bailee Madison) and Luke (Lewis Pullman) in a secluded mobile home park.
With Bailee failing to pick up on the 14th hole, Orchard, earlier credited also with 144, was penalized two points and settled for 142.
It's the kids, frankly, where "Parental Guidance" mostly breaks down, not because the three young actors (Bailee Madison, Joshua Rush and Kyle Harrison Breitkopf) are bad, but because their quirks and means of acting out are so unrelatable, petulant or simply annoying.
Cool kids Bailee Gallagher, six, and Brogan Gallagher, 23 months, in Glenburn
Soon after, the couple's daughter, Alice (Marisa Tomei), telephones to ask Artie and Diane to babysit their three grandchildren - Harper (Bailee Madison), Turner (Joshua Rush) and Barker (Kyle Harrison Breitkopf) - while Alice accompanies her husband Phil (Tom Everett Scott) on an important business trip.
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