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transferee

American  
[trans-fuh-ree] / ˌtræns fəˈri /

noun

  1. a person who is transferred or removed, as from one place to another.

  2. Law. a person to whom a transfer is made, as of property.


transferee British  
/ ˌtrænsfəˈriː /

noun

  1. property law a person to whom property is transferred

  2. a person who is transferred

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of transferee

First recorded in 1730–40; transfer + -ee

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"Without the transferee in this case, I don't think we could ever have a prosecutable case," Foote wrote.

From US News Sep. 16, 2016

Belgium for the first time accepted a transferee from Guantanamo.

From Washington Post Jul. 13, 2015

What happens after that is governed by Section 550, which sets forth the liability of the transferee of a fraudulent transfer.

From Forbes Sep. 28, 2014

Karpe is also accused of using one of the bank’s accounts “to route internal transfers between client accounts to conceal the identity of the transferor and transferee accounts.”

From BusinessWeek Dec. 15, 2011

An assignee is a transferee of the whole interest of the original patent or of an undivided part of such whole interest, extending to every portion of the United States.

From Practical Pointers for Patentees by Cresee, Franklin

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