promisee

American  

[prom-uh-see] / ˌprɒm əˈsi /

noun

Law.

1. a person to whom a promise is made.

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promisee British  

/ ˌprɒmɪˈsiː /

noun

1. contract law a person to whom a promise is made See promisor

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Etymology

Origin of promisee

First recorded in 1725–35; promise + -ee

Example Sentences

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promisee

In that case the detriment of delivery would be incurred by the promisee as before, but obviously it would be incurred for the sole purpose of enabling the promisor to carry as agreed.

From The Common Law by Oliver Wendell Holmes

The coming short of the greatest promisee, the debasement of the noblest ideals, are among the commonplaces of history.

From Occasional Papers Selected from the Guardian, the Times, and the Saturday Review, 1846-1890 by R. W. (Richard William) Church

If, when a man promised to labor for another, the law made him do it, his relation to his promisee might be called a servitude ad hoc with some truth.

From The Common Law by Oliver Wendell Holmes

That is, as it is commonly explained, unless the promisee has either conferred a benefit on the promisor, or incurred a detriment, as the inducement to the promise.

From The Common Law by Oliver Wendell Holmes

He probably will be able to make sure that the promisee has the cotton.

From The Common Law by Oliver Wendell Holmes