Trustee vs. Agent

Trusteenoun

A person to whom property is legally committed in trust, to be applied either for the benefit of specified individuals, or for public uses; one who is intrusted with property for the benefit of another.

Trusteenoun

A person in whose hands the effects of another are attached in a trustee process.

Trusteeverb

(transitive) To commit (property) to the care of a trustee.

Trusteeverb

(transitive) To attach (a debtor's wages, credits, or property in the hands of a third person) in the interest of the creditor.

Trusteenoun

A person to whom property is legally committed in trust, to be applied either for the benefit of specified individuals, or for public uses; one who is intrusted with property for the benefit of another; also, a person in whose hands the effects of another are attached in a trustee process.

Trusteeverb

To commit (property) to the care of a trustee; as, to trustee an estate.

Trusteeverb

To attach (a debtor's wages, credits, or property in the hands of a third person) in the interest of the creditor.

Trusteenoun

a person (or institution) to whom legal title to property is entrusted to use for another's benefit

Trusteenoun

members of a governing board

Trustee

Trustee (or the holding of a trusteeship) is a legal term which, in its broadest sense, is a synonym for anyone in a position of trust and so can refer to any person who holds property, authority, or a position of trust or responsibility to transfer the title of ownership to the person named as the new owner, in a trust instrument, called a beneficiary. A trustee can also refer to a person who is allowed to do certain tasks but not able to gain income, although that is untrue.

Agentnoun

One who exerts power, or has the power to act

Agentnoun

One who acts for, or in the place of, another (the principal), by authority from him/her; someone entrusted to do the business of another

Agentnoun

A person who looks for work for another person

Agentnoun

Someone who works for an intelligence agency

Agentnoun

An active power or cause or substance; something which has the power to produce an effect

Agentnoun

(computing) In the client-server model, the part of the system that performs information preparation and exchange on behalf of a client or server. Especially in the phrase “intelligent agent” it implies some kind of autonomous process which can communicate with other agents to perform some collective task on behalf of one or more humans.

Agentnoun

(grammar) The participant of a situation that carries out the action in this situation, e.g. "the boy" in the sentences "The boy kicked the ball" and "The ball was kicked by the boy".

Agentadjective

Acting; - opposed to patient, or sustaining, action.

Agentnoun

One who exerts power, or has the power to act; an actor.

Agentnoun

One who acts for, or in the place of, another, by authority from him; one intrusted with the business of another; a substitute; a deputy; a factor.

Agentnoun

An active power or cause; that which has the power to produce an effect, such as a physical, chemical, or medicinal agent; as, heat is a powerful agent.

Agentnoun

a chemical substance having biological effects; a drug.

Agentnoun

an active and efficient cause; capable of producing a certain effect;

Agentnoun

a substance that exerts some force or effect

Agentnoun

a representative who acts on behalf of other persons or organizations

Agentnoun

a businessman who buys or sells for another in exchange for a commission

Agentnoun

any agent or representative of a federal agency or bureau

Agentnoun

the semantic role of the animate entity that instigates or causes the hapening denoted by the verb in the clause

Agentnoun

a person who acts on behalf of another person or group

Agentnoun

a person who manages business, financial, or contractual matters for an actor, performer, writer, etc.

Agentnoun

a person or company that provides a particular service, typically one that involves organizing transactions between two other parties

Agentnoun

a person who works secretly to obtain information for a government or other official body

Agentnoun

a person or thing that takes an active role or produces a specified effect

Agentnoun

a substance that brings about a chemical or physical effect or causes a chemical reaction

Agentnoun

the doer of an action, typically expressed as the subject of an active verb or in a by phrase with a passive verb.

Agentnoun

an independently operating Internet program, typically one that performs background tasks such as information retrieval or processing on behalf of a user or other program.