assignee
Americannoun
noun
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law a person to whom some right, interest, or property is transferred
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history a convict who had undergone assignment
Etymology
Origin of assignee
First recorded in 1275–1325; Middle English assigne from Middle French, noun use of past participle of assigner “to assign ” ; -ee
Example Sentences
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Douglas Wilson Cos., a San Diego-based business services firm, would act as the assignee, manage the wind down and liquidate Zulily’s assets.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 7, 2024
Douglas Wilson Cos., a San Diego-based business services firm, will act as the assignee, manage the wind-down and liquidate Zulily’s assets.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 27, 2023
The assignee can give Gale only a 12-month extension of her lease after it expires and at the same rental rate.
From Washington Post • Aug. 31, 2018
Headed by Managing Director Eugene MacLean, onetime Washington Post general manager, the Observer editors promptly asked a court for an assignee to preserve the weekly's remaining assets.
From Time Magazine Archive
As assignee and receiver, the trust company acts in the same capacity for corporations as for individuals and firms or partnerships, assisting in winding up insolvent businesses and in conducting embarrassed ones.
From Readings in Money and Banking Selected and Adapted by Phillips, Chester Arthur
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