Trustee vs. Delegate — What's the Difference?

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.

A person authorized to act as representative for another; a deputy or agent.

(Law) The person in a trust relationship who holds title to property for the benefit of another.

A representative to a conference or convention.

A member of a board elected or appointed to direct the funds and policy of an institution.

A member of a House of Delegates, the lower house of the Maryland, Virginia, or West Virginia legislature.

A country responsible for supervising a trust territory. See Usage Note at -ee1.

An elected or appointed representative of a US territory in the House of Representatives who is entitled to speak but not vote.

To place (property) in the care of a trustee.

To authorize and send (another person) as one's representative.

To function or serve as a trustee.

To commit or entrust to another

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.

A person authorized to act as representative for another; a deputy.

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

A representative at a conference, etc.

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

(US) An appointed representative in some legislative bodies.

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

(computing) A type of variable storing a reference to a method with a particular signature, analogous to a function pointer.

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.

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

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

To authorize someone to be a delegate

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

To commit a task to someone, especially a subordinate

Members of a governing board

To give away authority over a subdomain; to allow someone else to create sub-subdomains of a subdomain of one's own

Any one sent and empowered to act for another; one deputed to represent; a chosen deputy; a representative; a commissioner; a vicar.

One elected by the people of a territory to represent them in Congress, where he has the right of debating, but not of voting.

Sent to act for or represent another; deputed; as, a delegate judge.

To send as one's representative; to empower as an ambassador; to send with power to transact business; to commission; to depute; to authorize.

To intrust to the care or management of another; to transfer; to assign; to commit.

A person appointed or elected to represent others

Transfer power to someone

Give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person)