As nouns the difference between trustee and assignee
is that trustee is a person to whom property is legally committed in trust, to be applied either for the benefit of specified individuals, or for public uses; one who is intrusted with property for the benefit of another; also, a person in whose hands the effects of another are attached in a trustee process while assignee is one to whom a thing is assigned.
As a verb trustee
is to commit (property) to the care of a trustee; as, to trustee an estate.
trustee
Noun
(
en noun)
A person to whom property is legally committed in trust, to be applied either for the benefit of specified individuals, or for public uses; one who is intrusted with property for the benefit of another; also, a person in whose hands the effects of another are attached in a trustee process.
Derived terms
* board of trustees
* public trustee
Verb
(
en verb)
To commit (property) to the care of a ; as, to trustee an estate.
To attach (a debtor's wages, credits, or property in the hands of a third person) in the interest of the creditor.
assignee
English
Noun
(
en noun)
one to whom a thing is assigned
(legal) one to whom rights or property is being transferred
one who is appointed to act or speak in place of another; an agent
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