payeeship

English

Etymology

From payee +‎ -ship.

Noun

payeeship (countable and uncountable, plural payeeships)

  1. The role or status of payee.
    • 1983, Stanley S. Herr, Stephen Arons, Richard Edward Wallace, Legal Rights and Mental-Health Care, page 136:
      Persons who receive income-payment benefits from a government agency may voluntarily seek, or be involuntarily subjected to, representative payeeship.

Usage notes

  • Mainly in representative payeeship, the situation where one party receives payments on behalf of another.
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