assignee
noun
Forms assignees
- noun One to whom a thing is assigned.
- noun (law) One to whom a right or property is being transferred.
- noun One who is appointed to act or speak in place of another; an agent.
Synonyms
Etymology
From Middle English assigne, from Old French assigné, equivalent to assign + -ee.
Webster’s 1913
- noun In England, the persons appointed, under a commission of bankruptcy, to manage the estate of a bankrupt for the benefit of his creditors.
Etymology [F. assigné, p. p. of assigner. See Assign, v., and cf. Assign an assignee.]
Sources: Wiktionary · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “assignee”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details