Get to know Bailment better with 2 real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like delivery or livery.
Bailment in a sentence
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Bailment meaning
- The handing over of control over, or possession of, personal property by one person, the bailor, to another, the bailee, for a specific purpose upon which the parties have agreed.
- Bail.
Using Bailment
- The main meaning on this page is: The handing over of control over, or possession of, personal property by one person, the bailor, to another, the bailee, for a specific purpose upon which the parties have agreed. | Bail.
- Useful related words include: delivery, livery, legal transfer.
- In the example corpus, bailment often appears in combinations such as: bailment is.
Context around Bailment
- Average sentence length in these examples: 20 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 0 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 2 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Bailment
- In this selection, "bailment" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 20 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, involving stand out and add context to how "bailment" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include bailment is often and transaction involving bailment is a. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "bailment" sits close to words such as aabc, aacr and aacsb, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with bailment
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Bailment is often regarded as the separation of ownership and possession. (11 words)
A common transaction involving bailment is a conditional sale or hire-purchase, in which the seller lets the buyer have possession of the thing before it is paid for. (29 words)
A common transaction involving bailment is a conditional sale or hire-purchase, in which the seller lets the buyer have possession of the thing before it is paid for. (29 words)
Bailment is often regarded as the separation of ownership and possession. (11 words)
Example sentences (2)
A common transaction involving bailment is a conditional sale or hire-purchase, in which the seller lets the buyer have possession of the thing before it is paid for.
Bailment is often regarded as the separation of ownership and possession.
Common combinations with bailment
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- bailment is 2×