curator — meaning in English

English meaning

• fiduciary noun A person or organisation legally required to manage money or property in someone else's best interests rather than their own, such as a trustee, executor or certain financial advisers.
• receiver noun A person or thing that receives something.

Senses

curator is used for these senses in English:

• fiduciary (legal) One who holds a thing in trust for another.
• receiver A person or company appointed to settle the affairs of an insolvent entity. [from 18th c.]

fiduciary — full definition

1. noun A person or organisation legally required to manage money or property in someone else's best interests rather than their own, such as a trustee, executor or certain financial advisers.
2. adjective Relating to the legal duty of trust and loyalty owed by someone who acts on another person's behalf.

receiver — full definition

1. noun A person or thing that receives something.
2. noun An electronic device that picks up broadcast signals, or the earpiece of a phone.
3. noun A person appointed to manage the assets of a company going through bankruptcy.
4. noun In American football, a player whose job is to catch passes.

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