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{
"term": "trustee",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"ox5000": true,
"cefr": "c1",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "a person or an organization that has control of money or property that has been put into a trust for somebody",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "The bank will act as trustees for the estate until the child is 18."
},
{
"text": "They act as joint trustees of the fund."
},
{
"text": "They hold the land as trustees for the infant."
},
{
"text": "executor and trustee to the estate of his sister"
}
],
"topics": ["Jobs"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["joint", "sole", "independent"],
"verb + trustee": ["act as", "be", "become"],
"preposition": ["trustee for", "trustee of", "trustee to"],
"phrases": ["a board of trustees"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "a member of a group of people that controls the financial affairs and decides the policy of a charity or other organization",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "the board of trustees"
},
{
"text": "a trustee of the hospice"
},
{
"text": "the trustees of the National Gallery"
},
{
"text": "a trustee of the museum"
}
],
"topics": ["Social issues", "Business"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["joint", "sole", "independent"],
"verb + trustee": ["act as", "be", "become"],
"preposition": ["trustee for", "trustee of", "trustee to"],
"phrases": ["a board of trustees"]
}
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/trʌˈstiː/",
"audio": "tr/trustee/trustee__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/trʌˈstiː/",
"audio": "tr/trustee/trustee__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": null
}