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Trustee vs Delegated - What's the difference?

trustee | delegated |

As verbs the difference between trustee and delegated

is that trustee is to commit (property) to the care of a ; as, to trustee an estate while delegated is (delegate).

As a noun 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.

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.
  • delegated

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (delegate)

  • delegate

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • a person authorized to act as representative for another; a deputy
  • a representative at a conference, etc.
  • (US) an appointed representative in some legislative bodies
  • (computing) a type of variable storing a reference to a method with a particular signature, analogous to a function pointer
  • Synonyms

    * See also

    Verb

    (delegat)
  • to authorize someone to be a delegate
  • to commit a task to someone, especially a subordinate
  • (computing, Internet) (of a subdomain) to give away authority over a subdomain; to allow someone else to create sub-subdomains of a subdomain of yours