entrustment

noun

Definition of entrustmentnext
as in consignment

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Recent Examples of entrustment Kenneth has been charged with obstructing official business and wrongful entrustment. — Samira Asma-Sadeque, PEOPLE, 25 June 2026 The Constitution’s crown jewel was the entrustment of the power to take the nation to war exclusively to Congress, leaving to the president authority to respond unilaterally to sudden attacks that had already broken the peace. — Bruce Fein, Baltimore Sun, 23 Mar. 2026 Duncan Disposal, also named as a defendant in the lawsuit, is accused of vicarious liability, negligent hiring, retention and supervision, and negligent entrustment. — Nick Lentz, CBS News, 1 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for entrustment
  1. consignment
  2. mandate
  3. empowerment
  4. accreditation
  5. delegation
  6. authorization
  7. commendation
  8. facilitation
Noun
  • Online resale apps and marketplaces work for everyday brands, auction sites suit rare or collectible pieces and specialist vintage dealers or consignment shops handle high-value labels.
    — Ryan Brennan, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 25 June 2026
  • Recently, Cardi spilled the contents of her Chanel purse in a new campaign for luxury consignment brand Fashionphile — all while cracking a joke about spending her last two summers pregnant.
    — Michelle Lee, PEOPLE, 23 June 2026
Definition of consignment
Noun
  • Their fatal flaw, this time around, wasn’t walking away from the LeBron mandate.
    — Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 6 July 2026
  • Brad’s accountable to me for it, and his team’s accountable to him, but the mandate here is to win.
    — Zack Cox, Boston Herald, 6 July 2026
Definition of mandate
Noun
  • Her legacy has found new thrust among LGBTQIA+, Indigenous, disability, feminist, and Latin American empowerment movements.
    — Theo Lee, Vogue, 3 July 2026
  • Kadijat Salawudeen distributes essential supplies to young women in Nigeria, supporting community welfare and empowerment initiatives.
    — Desjah Altvater, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
Definition of empowerment
Noun
  • Iraq’s Popular Mobilization Units have invited local and foreign media to register for accreditation to cover the events.
    — Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN Money, 1 July 2026
  • Several journalists from Turkish opposition-leaning media organizations were denied accreditation to cover the summit, sparking outrage from media rights groups.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 1 July 2026
Definition of accreditation
Noun
  • Other foreign attendees included the president of Iraq, the Afghan foreign minister and a delegation from Hamas.
    — Hadeel Al-Shalchi, NPR, 4 July 2026
  • A number of visiting foreign dignitaries, including former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and delegations from China, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, India and Afghanistan, also visited the site, according to the official Islamic Republic News Agency.
    — Chantal Da Silva, NBC news, 3 July 2026
Definition of delegation
Noun
  • Proponents of the authorization note that the $155 million investment arrives four years after a severe drought in the Sacramento Valley in 2022 had cost local communities hundreds of millions of dollars and roughly 1,500 jobs.
    — Lyanne Wang, CBS News, 2 July 2026
  • For example, California’s prior authorization reform bill, SB 1120, passed in 2024 unanimously.
    — Miranda Yaver, The Conversation, 2 July 2026
Definition of authorization
Noun
  • But precise passes that squeeze the maximum gain out of plays will receive extra commendation.
    — Dan Wiederer, New York Times, 24 June 2026
  • His actions came to light when a letter of commendation was sent to the state by Pamlico County Emergency Services.
    — Mark Price, Charlotte Observer, 2 June 2026
Definition of commendation
Noun
  • In the years immediately following the Partition of the Indian subcontinent in August 1947 and the first India-Pakistan war a few months later, the two nations ramped up trade and inked new trade facilitation deals.
    — Michael Kugelman, Time, 26 June 2026
  • There are those who would write her off, and perhaps her timidity before America’s facilitation of Gaza’s destruction has earned that dismissal.
    — Ta-Nehisi Coates, Vanity Fair, 15 June 2026
Definition of facilitation

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“Entrustment.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/entrustment. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.

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