Concept in Definition ABC

The concept of entrustment is used with various senses in our language ...

Action and result of entrusting

In principle, we use it to refer to the action and the result of entrusting, which is nothing more than entrusting someone to do something.

What was entrusted

On the other hand, the word is used to designate the thing that has been entrusted, that is, it is used as a synonym for commission in this sense.

Institution established in the American conquest that implied the granting of a group of indigenous people to a colonizer to work in his service in exchange for receiving protection and evangelization

Meanwhile, in times of the conquest of America, the encomienda, knew how to be a institution very popular and that consisted of the concession attributed to a colonizer of a group of indigenous people, that is, of native citizens, who would work for him, at his service, in exchange for receiving protection and religious evangelization from the colonizer, because we remember that in those times the Spanish crown was concerned and occupied fundamentally in promoting and inculcating the Catholic faith in all its colonies.

The encomienda was an institution that facilitated domination of territory conquered since he immediately proposed to organize the population indigenous and working as forced labor and in absolute benefit of the Spanish crown. Undoubtedly, it was a form of slavery veiled since the living conditions and the treatment received by the indigenous people were in most cases very bad.
This institution lasted until approximately the 18th century.

Life annuity on a territory

The term also designates that life annuity that someone holds over a territory.

Package that is sent by post

And finally, in some Spanish-speaking countries the word encomienda is used to refer to that package that an individual or company sends it to another or others through the postal service or some private company that is dedicated precisely to the transfer of merchandise.

Parcels are a fast and widely used way around the world to send things.
A friend wants to send you to another who lives in a Province or a locality far from yours, a pen that you bought as a birthday gift, you can do it via parcel.
It is important, for the order to arrive at the correct destination, that the destination data is indicated precisely in the package and also that of the sender in case there is a problem location of the recipient and it is necessary that the order returns to its destination.