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negligent entrustment

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.39 in modern English

Syllables
neg-li-gen-t en-trust-ment
IPA
24
Scrabble Score
20
Letters
6
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A tort cause of action that arises where a party is injured because the other party entrusted a dangerous instrumentality (such as a vehicle or a weapon) to a person whom the other party knew or reasonably should have known should not be trusted with that instrumentality.

Uncountable

Usage

Phrases

negligent hiring negligent retention negligent supervision

Frequently Paired Words

negligent hiring negligent retention negligent supervision

Questions

What does negligent entrustment mean?
A tort cause of action that arises where a party is injured because the other party entrusted a dangerous instrumentality (such as a vehicle or a weapon) to a person whom the other party knew or reasonably should have known should not be trusted with that instrumentality.

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