Definition of "bailee" [bail•ee]

• A person to whom property is bailed. (noun)

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• "Because of this psychology, the bailee is unwilling to make hard decisions and thus asking for too much money."
• "In other words, after it had been sold, if still kept there the seller would be merely the keeper, or bailee, which is the legal term, and he would be obliged to use only ordinary care in keeping it."
• "If a bailee should be a scoundrel and sell the thing left with him for safe-keeping and receive the money, the true owner could, nevertheless, claim the thing wherever he could find it."