n. One who bails property; one who places property in the hands of another (called a bailee) for safekeeping.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. One who delivers goods or money to another in trust.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. In law, one who delivers goods to another in bailment. See bailment
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n. the person who delivers personal property (goods or money) in trust to the bailee in a bailment
Word Usage
"If it is for the benefit of the bailor, that is, the boy who intrusts it, then he can't require the other to pay for it, unless he was grossly negligent."