assignee
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See also: assignée
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle English assigne, from Old French assigné, equivalent to assign + -ee.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]assignee (plural assignees)
- One to whom a thing is assigned.
- (law) One to whom a right or property is being transferred.
- Synonym: cessionary
- One who is appointed to act or speak in place of another; an agent.
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]one to whom a thing is assigned
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law: one to whom rights or property is being transferred
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an agent
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