assignee

See also: assignée

English

Etymology

From Middle English assigne, from Old French assigné, equivalent to assign +‎ -ee.

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Noun

assignee (plural assignees)

1. One to whom a thing is assigned.
2. (law) One to whom a right or property is being transferred.

   Synonym: cessionary

3. One who is appointed to act or speak in place of another; an agent.

Derived terms

• assigneeship
• coassignee

Translations

one to whom a thing is assigned

Catalan: causahavent (ca) Turkish: görevlendirilen

law: one to whom rights or property is being transferred

Arabic: وَكِيل (ar) m (wakīl) Catalan: causahavent (ca) m, drethavent (ca) m, cessionari m Dutch: cessionaris (nl) c French: cessionnaire (fr) m, ayant-droit (fr) German: Zessionar m, Abtretungsempfänger m Italian: cessionario (it) m Polish: nabywcy, cesjonariusza Portuguese: cessionário (pt) m Russian: цессионе́р (ru) m (cessionér) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: цесио̀на̄р m Latin: cesiònār (sh) m Spanish: cesionario m, causahabiente m or f Turkish: temlik alan Welsh: aseinai m or f

an agent

Arabic: وَكِيل (ar) m (wakīl) German: Bevollmächtigter (de) m, Bevollmächtigte (de) f Russian: пове́ренный (ru) m (povérennyj), дове́ренный (ru) m (dovérennyj) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: повјерѐнӣк m, поверѐнӣк m Latin: povjerènīk (sh) m, poverènīk (sh) m Turkish: vekil (tr)

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