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Fiduciary vs Grantor - What's the difference?

fiduciary | grantor |

As nouns the difference between fiduciary and grantor

is that fiduciary is one who holds a thing in trust for another; a trustee while grantor is a person who grants something.

As an adjective fiduciary

is related to trusts and trustees.

fiduciary

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • (legal) Related to trusts and trustees.
    • a fiduciary contract
    a fiduciary duty
  • Pertaining to paper money whose value depends on public confidence or securities.
  • * 2002 , , The Great Nation , Penguin 2003, p. 63:
    • Indeed, currency would be more effective for not being gold and silver but fiduciary paper money.

    Noun

    (fiduciaries)
  • (legal) One who holds a thing in trust for another; a trustee.
  • (theology) One who depends for salvation on faith, without works; an antinomian.

    • grantor

    English

    Alternative forms

    * grantour (qualifier)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (label) A person who grants something.

    • Related terms

    * grantee * grant English agent nouns ----