caretakershipとは 意味・読み方・使い方

名詞

caretakership (plural caretakerships)

1. The temporary role or responsibility of taking care of something or someone. Examples include maintaining and overseeing the upkeep of a building, managing the day-to-day operations of an organization or providing personal care and support to someone who needs assistance.
   • 1887, Timothy Michael Healy, Maurice Healy, Key to the Land Law (Ireland) Act, 1887, Dublin: M.H. Gill and Son, page 66:

     Such a transaction in effect creates a temporary letting of the lands, terminable with the caretakership; the rent in respect of which consists merely of the tenant's services as caretaker.

   • 1967, John Anthony Crook, Law and Life of Rome, 90 B.C. - 212 A.D., Cornell University Press, page 118:

     The right to caretakership of lunatics and (remarkably) spendthrifts vested originally in their nearest agnate relative, though later a caretaker could be appointed by the authorities.

   • 2024 March 24, Harlan Ellison, Greates Hits, Union Square & Co:

     So Dira’s people gave over jurisdiction to that certain world, and went away, leaving Dira with only the Deathbird, a special caretakership the adjudicators had wowven into their judgement.