assignee
a person to whom some right or interest is transferred, either for their own enjoyment or in trust.
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How to use assignee in a sentence
When an assignment of it is made, the assignee may sue in his own name for rent accruing after the assignment.
Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman | Albert Sidney BollesThis being done, the assignee is to be regarded as the proprietor of the deposit-book.
The court objected to entertaining the claim until after the choice of an assignee.
The College, the Market, and the Court | Caroline H. DallThere are now but two men in Court who saw the paper executed, namely, the assignor and the assignee.
Sevenoaks | J. G. Hollandassignee, a person appointed by another to transact some business, or exercise some particular privilege or power.
British Dictionary definitions for assignee
/ (ˌæsaɪˈniː) /
law a person to whom some right, interest, or property is transferred
Australian history a convict who had undergone assignment
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