Words / B2

tru-STEE/trʌˈstiː/

A trustee is a person legally responsible for money or property held for others, or a board member of a charity/school: a trustee of the academy; board of trustees. Trust is belief or a legal arrangement (already in the dictionary); a trustee is the person. Name the trustee who signed, not “the school”. Mix-up: trusty (loyal); tuition (already elsewhere). Do not call every volunteer a trustee.

Meaning

A person legally responsible for money or property held for others; also a charity or school board member.

Examples

• “Name the trustee who signed the accounts, not “the school” as a blob.”
• “A board of trustees featured in the governance source, which is the charity/school sense.”

Good to know

a trustee of; board of trustees; trustee meeting. Arrangement/belief: trust. Trap: trusty / tuition. Citizenship, news, and finance. A legal steward, not a fan or a donor only.

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