offeree
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of offeree
First recorded in 1845–50; offer ( def. ) + -ee ( def. )
Example Sentences
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The Takeover Panel has stated that these types of protections may “deter competing offerors from making an offer, thereby denying offeree company shareholders the possibility of deciding on the merits of a competing offer.”
From New York Times ● Sep. 19, 2011
"I put myself through a crash course in the exotic hardware, the numerology offeree levels and the foreign language of arms-control acronyms," he explains.
From Time Magazine Archive
Accordingly, it issued a warning that unmistakably implied the use offeree.
From Time Magazine Archive
If the offeree sent a telegram, then he would be obliged to prove the delivery of the dispatch.
From Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman by Bolles, Albert Sidney
The acceptance would stand, for as there had been a meeting of minds when the letter was put into the postoffice, the offeree could not afterwards withdraw his offer.
From Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman by Bolles, Albert Sidney
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