An act of delivering goods to a bailee for a particular purpose, without transfer of ownership.
〔律〕（财物）寄托
a contract of hire is a species of bailment
Example sentencesExamples
A bailment requires the producer to exercise due care toward the goods held.
The document that Maple City received was a bailment form.
This seems to be the case where the bailment is revocable by the bailor at his pleasure either unconditionally or upon a condition which he may satisfy at will.
Was the bailment ended when the pallets were delivered to Alba's customers?
A deposit of money is not confined to a bailment of specific currency to be returned in specie.
Definition of bailment in US English:
bailment
nounˈbeɪlməntˈbālmənt
Law
An act of delivering goods to a bailee for a particular purpose, without transfer of ownership.
〔律〕（财物）寄托
a contract of hire is a species of bailment
Example sentencesExamples
A deposit of money is not confined to a bailment of specific currency to be returned in specie.
This seems to be the case where the bailment is revocable by the bailor at his pleasure either unconditionally or upon a condition which he may satisfy at will.
Was the bailment ended when the pallets were delivered to Alba's customers?
The document that Maple City received was a bailment form.
A bailment requires the producer to exercise due care toward the goods held.