promisee

[ prom-uh-see ]

nounLaw.

a person to whom a promise is made.

Origin of promisee

First recorded in 1725–35; promise + -ee

Words Nearby promisee

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How to use promisee in a sentence

In such a case probably all would agree that the promisee ought to release the promiser.
The Methods of Ethics | Henry Sidgwick
And, secondly, a different question arises when we consider the possibility of injuring the promisee by fulfilling the promise.
The Methods of Ethics | Henry Sidgwick
From his master's legal capacity a slave derives ability to be promisee in a stipulation.
The Institutes of Justinian | Caesar Flavius Justinian
They may be that he has made an oral promise, and that the promisee has furnished him a consideration.
The Common Law | Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
But the promisee is bound to release a promise thus unduly obtained.
Introduction to the Literature of Europe in the Fifteenth, Sixteenth, and Seventeenth Centuries, Vol. 2 | Henry Hallam

British Dictionary definitions for promisee

promisee

/ (ˌprɒmɪˈsiː) /

noun

contract law a person to whom a promise is made: See promisor

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