ASSIGNEE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does assignee mean? 

• ASSIGNEE (noun)
  The noun ASSIGNEE has 1 sense:

1. (law) the party to whom something is assigned (e.g., someone to whom a right or property is legally transferred)

  Familiarity information: ASSIGNEE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ASSIGNEE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(law) the party to whom something is assigned (e.g., someone to whom a right or property is legally transferred)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("assignee" is a kind of...):

receiver; recipient (a person who receives something)

party (a person involved in legal proceedings)

Domain category:

jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)

Derivation:

assign (transfer one's right to)