custodian
Americannoun
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a person who has custody; keeper; guardian.
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a person entrusted with guarding or maintaining a property; janitor.
noun
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a person who has custody, as of a prisoner, ward, etc
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a guardian or keeper, as of an art collection, etc
Other Word Forms
- custodianship noun
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On Dec. 1, he rented a car in Boston and drove to Brown’s campus in Providence, R.I., where a custodian saw him in a bathroom near the lecture hall, according to an affidavit.
A QCD has to be administered by the account custodian and sent directly to the charity in order to count, although there’s proposed legislation that would change this in the future.
From MarketWatch
If asked, the custodian could only say, “The matter has been resolved.”
From Los Angeles Times
When the child reaches the age of majority in their state, the custodian is removed from the account; the young adult now has full ownership outright and without restriction.
From MarketWatch
It should request confidential data from large private-credit platforms and custodians to gain a full understanding of credit markets—before shocks occur.
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