payee
[pey-ee]
noun
a person to whom a check, money, etc., is payable.
RELATED WORDS
heir, recipient, beneficiary, collector, consignee, possessor, receiver, successor, inheritor, devisee, grantee, donee, assignee, stipendiary, legatee, heiress
Origin of payee
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Examples from the Web for payee
Historical Examples of payee
If the remitter or payee be a Peer or a Bishop, his ordinary title is sufficient.
Canadian Postal GuideVarious
Not the association of bankruptcy—no; as you represent the payee!
The OutcryHenry James
The date was filled in, and the name of her son as the payee.
The Scarlet FeatherHoughton Townley
He say he knock hellee outee me allee time I come for payee.
Stories in Light and ShadowBret Harte
That is, he writes his name thereon, before the payee indorses it.
payee
noun
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