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Meaning of "bailment" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF BAILMENT

bailment  [ˈbeɪlmənt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BAILMENT

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Bailment is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES BAILMENT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Bailment

Bailment describes a legal relationship in common law where physical possession of personal property, or a chattel, is transferred from one person to another person who subsequently has possession of the property. It arises when a person gives property to someone else for safekeeping, and is a cause of action independent of contract or tort.

Definition of bailment in the English dictionary

The definition of bailment in the dictionary is a contractual delivery of goods in trust to a person for a specific purpose. Other definition of bailment is the act of granting bail.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH BAILMENT


ailment
ˈeɪlmənt
assailment
əˈseɪlmənt
beguilement
bɪˈɡaɪlmənt
curtailment
kɜːˈteɪlmənt
defilement
dɪˈfaɪlmənt
derailment
diːˈreɪlmənt
despoilment
dɪsˈpɔɪlmənt
disentailment
ˌdɪsɪnˈteɪlmənt
embroilment
ɪmˈbrɔɪlmənt
empalement
ɪmˈpeɪlmənt
engrailment
ɪnˈɡreɪlmənt
entailment
ɪnˈteɪlmənt
fulfilment
fʊlˈfɪlmənt
impalement
ɪmˈpeɪlmənt
nonfulfilment
ˌnɒnfʊlˈfɪlmənt
prevailment
prɪˈveɪlmənt
reconcilement
ˈrɛkənˌsaɪlmənt
regalement
rɪˈɡeɪlmənt
retailment
ˈriːteɪlmənt
revilement
rɪˈvaɪlmənt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BAILMENT

bail bondsmen
bail out
bail up
bailable
bailee
bailer
bailey
Bailey bridge
bailie
bailieship
bailiff
bailiffship
bailiwick
bailli
bailliage
Baillie
baillieship
bailor
bailout
bailsman

WORDS THAT END LIKE BAILMENT

advertisement
annulment
befoulment
bevelment
concealment
devilment
disembowelment
disenthralment
dishevelment
empanelment
enrollment
enrolment
enthrallment
installment
instalment
recallment
revelment
self-fulfilment
signalment
unravelment
wish fulfilment

Synonyms and antonyms of bailment in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «bailment» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF BAILMENT

Find out the translation of bailment to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of bailment from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «bailment» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

寄托
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

comodato
570 millions of speakers

English

bailment
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

निक्षेप
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

تخزين آمن
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Ответственное хранение
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

bailment
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

গচ্ছিতপ্রদান
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

baillement
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Bailment
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

bailment
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

寄託
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

bailment
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Bailment
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

sự tại ngoại
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

சிறிது காலம் வைத்திருந்து பிறகு சரக்குகள் ஒப்படைப்பு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

जामीन रक्कम
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

kefalet
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

deposito cauzionale
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

bailment
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

відповідальне зберігання
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

comodat
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

εγγυοδοσία
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

bewaring geneem
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

bailment
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

bailment
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of bailment

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «BAILMENT»

The term «bailment» is regularly used and occupies the 87.139 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «BAILMENT» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about bailment

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BAILMENT»

Discover the use of bailment in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to bailment and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Cengage Advantage Books: Fundamentals of Business Law: ...
It is a contractual bailment and may be referred to as a bailment for hire or a commercial bailment. EXAMPLE 27.20 Allen leaves his car at a service station for an oil change. Because the service station will be paid to change Allen's oil, this is a ...
Roger Miller, 2012
2
Cengage Advantage Books: Business Law Today: The Essentials
Bailment Agreement A bailment agreement, or contract, can be express or implied. Although a written agreement is not required for bailments of less than one year (that is, the Statute of Frauds does not apply—see Chapter 8), it is a good idea ...
Roger Miller, Gaylord Jentz, 2007
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Understanding the Law
The legal term for this relationship is a bailment, which, as explained earlier, is a temporary right of possession of the goods of another. In a sale or a gift, title is transferred; in a bailment, possession is transferred, but not title. Any personal ...
Donald Carper, John McKinsey, 2011
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Business Law
32 Bailment 32.1 Introduction: Concept of Bailment The situation often arises, in commerce and elsewhere, in which a person delivers possession of goods to another on the basis that they will be returned, or delivered to a third person, either ...
Peter Gillies, 2004
5
Consumer Sales Law
BAILMENT AND HIRING [1.17] Bailment generally.1 In English law, bailment is the transfer (delivery) of possession of goods by one person (the bailor) to another (the bailee) on condition, express or implied, that the goods shall be returned to ...
John MacLeod, 2002
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Administration of Government Contracts
If the government furnishes property to a contractor without specific contract language covering the risk of loss, a bailment will result. Although the degree of care to which a bailee is held varies with the circumstances, the government ...
John Cibinic, Ralph C. Nash, James F. Nagle, 2006
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Business Law
(b) Gratuitous bailment: In gratuitous bailment, no consideration passes between the bailor and the bailee. For example, if A lends his bicycle to his friend B. he does not expect to be paid for it, and it will be a case of gratuitous bailment. 2.
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Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law
or damage to the property — compare DEPOSIT, loan for consumption and loan for use at LOAN 0 The typical elements of a bailment are delivery of the personal property, acceptance of the delivery, and possession or control of the property.
‎1996
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Business Regularoty Framework
(b) Gratuitous bailment: In gratuitous bailment, no consideration passes between the bailor and the bailee. For example, if A lends his bicycle to his friend B. he does not expect to be paid for it, and it will be a case of gratuitous bailment. 2.
10
Boyer's French Dictionary
Bailment arme en Jtide, store-ship. Bdtlment arme en guerre, vessel equipped for fighting. Bdtiment arme m guerre et iimrchanalses, armed merchantman. Batiment Barbaresque, vessel of the coast of Barbary. Bailment Men assls sur team, ...
Abel Boyer, William Bentley Fowle, 1849

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BAILMENT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term bailment is used in the context of the following news items.
1
The perils of lending equipment to fellow farmers
Different duties apply depending on the type of bailment. Duties include taking reasonable care of the goods and using them for a promised ... «shropshirestar.com, Jul 15»
2
Short term leases of serial numbered goods no longer deemed …
This act amends the Personal Property Securities Act 2009 (PPSA) to remove the provision that deemed the lease or bailment of serial ... «Lexology, Jul 15»
3
Leases of serial-numbered goods for less than 1 year won't be …
When the Personal Property Securities Act 2009 was introduced, it deemed any lease (or bailment for value as part of a regular bailment ... «Clayton Utz, Jun 15»
4
Family Blames Hospital for Marine Cremation
The Marine's family seeks unspecified compensatory damages on claims of negligence, mishandling of a corpse, breach of bailment, negligent ... «Courthouse News Service, Jun 15»
5
Hatton Garden Heist – What Options Do The Victims Have?
Victims may wish to bring actions in negligence, breach of contract and arising out of the law of bailment, if those in possession of their ... «Mondaq News Alerts, Jun 15»
6
Bottled lightning: Appalachian moonshining in the 21st century
“I set the shelf price,” he explains, “and then they deduct the state's taxes, bailment charges and other fees, and we get the rest.” Most local ... «Mountain Xpress, Jun 15»
7
One's treasure, another's junk
When you store something with someone else, you call that a bailment. There are three types of bailments: (1) for the benefit of the bailor and ... «Glendale Star, Jun 15»
8
False claims of gold shortage in Europe
This is why we advise clients to directly own physical gold and silver coins and bars en bailment (allocated, segregated, outright legal ... «Resource Investor, Jun 15»
9
Anti-suit injunction granted in respect of warehouse certificate …
On an English law analysis, therefore, there was a bailment on terms and the underlying relationship with the warehouse was contractual. «Lexology, Jun 15»
10
NetSol Technologies signs new wholesale finance agreement with …
NetSol Technologies' WFS automates and manages the floor plan/bailment activities of dealerships through a finance company. The design of ... «Asset Finance International, Jun 15»

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