1) Chemical salt 2) Chemical used as an emollient 3) Common ester 4) Ester 5) Ester from animal fat 6) Ester or salt 7) Fatty acid compound 8) Fatty acid ester 9) Fatty acid salt 10) Fatty ester 11) Fatty salt 12) Fatty-acid salt 13) Glyceride salt 14) Ingredient in some soaps 15) Oily acid salt 16) Ointment compound 1) Ester 
• (n.) A salt of oleic acid. Some oleates, as the oleate of mercury, are used in medicine by way of inunction.
(o´le-āt) a salt or ester of oleic acid. a solution of an alkaloid or other basic drug in oleic acid.
O'le·ate noun [ Confer F. oléate .] (Chemistry) A salt of oleic acid. Some oleates, as the oleate of mercury, are used in medicine by way of inunction. 
Type: Term Pronunciation: ō′lē-āt Definitions: 1. A salt of oleic acid. 2. A pharmacopeial preparation consisting of a combination or solution of an alkaloid or metallic base in oleic acid, used as an inunction.
oleate 1. A salt of oleic acid. 2. A pharmacopeial preparation consisting of a combination or solution of an alkaloid or metallic base in oleic acid, used as an inunction [administration of a drug in ointment form by rubbing to cause absorption of the active ingredient].