trustee

A person legally responsible for managing money or property for other people or for an organization.

• She is a trustee of the charity.
• The trustees manage the fund for the children.
• An independent trustee was appointed to oversee the estate.

How to use it: trustee of something (He became a trustee of the education fund.)

Common phrases: appoint a trustee, trustee of something, board of trustees

To place money or property under the legal care of someone who manages it for others.

• They decided to trustee the estate.
• The family trusteed the property for the children.
• The agreement requires them to trustee these assets.

Common phrases: trustee an estate, trustee the assets