"entrustment" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: entrustments [plural]
Etymology: From entrust + -ment. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|entrust|ment}} entrust + -ment Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} entrustment (countable and uncountable, plural entrustments)
  1. the act of entrusting Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms: consignment Derived forms: negligent entrustment, reentrustment, re-entrustment Translations (the act of entrusting): 委托 (wěituō) (Chinese Mandarin), tiomnú [masculine] (Irish), 信託 (shintaku) (alt: しんたく) (Japanese)

Inflected forms

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