consignee
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Police said they were seeking a man called Wilmane Jean, who is named in the customs data as the consignee for the shipment - the person responsible for receiving it.
From BBC • Apr. 16, 2025
The recalled products were distributed to one consignee in Wisconsin.
From Salon • Apr. 10, 2024
The shipping manifest quoted by the BBC is ambiguous at best � and does say that the consignee is Kenya's Ministry of Defense.
From Time Magazine Archive
"My point is that that manifest doesn't support definitively one or the other except to say that the consignee is the Ministry of Defense in Kenya."
From Time Magazine Archive
It has always been the practice to allow shipmasters, carrying a consignment of goods, to deliver the invoice to the consignee with the goods, in order that the transaction might be completed with convenience.
From The History of the Post Office in British North America by Smith, William, Sir
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