offeree

American  

[aw-fuh-ree, of-uh-] / ˈɔ fəˌri, ˈɒf ə- /

noun

Law.

1. the person to whom an offer is made.

   The offeree failed to follow up his earlier expression of interest, and the offer lapsed.

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Etymology

Origin of offeree

First recorded in 1845–50; offer ( def. ) + -ee ( def. )

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Example Sentences

See Examples For:

offeree

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

Accordingly, it issued a warning that unmistakably implied the use offeree.

From Time Magazine Archive

"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

If the offeree should use a different agency, the telegraph for instance, to convey his acceptance, it would not be binding until the offerer had received and accepted it.

From Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman by Albert Sidney Bolles

If the acceptance had been by letter, and the offeree could prove that the offeree had written and mailed it, the offeree's proof would be complete.

From Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman by Albert Sidney Bolles

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