Word: bailment
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: bail
ment
Definition: 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.
Morphemes:
Affix: bail
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To hand over personal property to be held temporarily by another as a bailment.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: baillier
Language: fr
Decoded: baillier
PoS: Verb
Meaning: to lend, lease
Affix: -ment
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form nouns from verbs, the nouns having the sense of "the action or result of what is denoted by the verb".
Etymology Compounds: Affix: -ment
Language: fro
Decoded: -ment
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form nouns from verbs, usually of action or state resulting of them. Equivalent to the English -ment.