Definitions for trusteeship

trusteeship trust·ee·ship

Spelling: [truh-stee-ship]
IPA: /trʌˈsti ʃɪp/

Trusteeship is a 11 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 16 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 737 anagrams from letters in trusteeship (eehiprssttu).

Definitions for trusteeship

noun

  1. Law. the office or function of a trustee.
  2. the administrative control of a territory granted to a country by a body (Trusteeship Council) of the United Nations.
  3. trust territory.

Origin of trusteeship

First recorded in 1720-30; trustee + -ship

Examples for trusteeship

Six days later Mrs. Eddy met this action by declaring a trusteeship for the control of her estate.

The obligation wasnt part of the trusteeship, she reminded him.

But on the other hand, suppose Elizabeth begged him to take the trusteeship and he did take it?

I never understood that passage, till in a fool's moment I accepted a trusteeship.

His wealth, he understood, was merely a trusteeship, something he'd been granted in order to share.

Her earnings are subject to his trusteeship, and nothing more.

Money, however, he will make of his trusteeship, as you will see.

It was at first thought that there might be a little jealousy as to the trusteeship.

Well, in six months more the old lady's trusteeship of this young lady is to terminate—at least legally.

My trusteeship, she answered him loftily, producing some documents from her hand-bag.

Word Value for trusteeship
Scrable

16

Words with friends

17

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