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Receiver

One who takes or receives in any manner.

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Broader term 3

Acquirer 76% connected

A person who acquires.

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Fiduciary 76% connected

One who holds a thing in trust for another; a trustee.

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Set 76% connected

of Set

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Narrower term 23

Addressee 76% connected

One to whom anything is addressed.

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Alienee 76% connected

One to whom the title of property is transferred; -- opposed to alienor.

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Annuitant 76% connected

One who receives, or its entitled to receive, an annuity.

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Assignee 76% connected

A person to whom an assignment is made; a person appointed or deputed by another to do some act, perform some business, or enjoy some right, privileg…

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Beneficiary 76% connected

Holding some office or valuable possession, in subordination to another; holding under a feudal or other superior; having a dependent and secondary p…

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Borrower 76% connected

One who borrows.

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Conferee 76% connected

One who is conferred with, or who takes part in a conference; as, the conferees on the part of the Senate.

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Consignee 76% connected

The person to whom goods or other things are consigned; a factor; -- correlative to consignor.

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Dependant 76% connected

Alt. of Dependancy

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Dependent 76% connected

Hanging down; as, a dependent bough or leaf.

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Donee 76% connected

The person to whom a gift or donation is made.

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Grantee 76% connected

The person to whom a grant or conveyance is made.

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Heir 76% connected

One who inherits, or is entitled to succeed to the possession of, any property after the death of its owner; one on whom the law bestows the title or…

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Heritor 76% connected

A proprietor or landholder in a parish.

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Host 76% connected

The consecrated wafer, believed to be the body of Christ, which in the Mass is offered as a sacrifice; also, the bread before consecration.

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Inheritor 76% connected

One who inherits; an heir.

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Mandatary 76% connected

One to whom a command or charge is given; hence, specifically, a person to whom the pope has, by his prerogative, given a mandate or order for his be…

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Mandatory 76% connected

Containing a command; preceptive; directory.

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Payee 76% connected

The person to whom money is to be, or has been, paid; the person named in a bill or note, to whom, or to whose order, the amount is promised or direc…

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Protege 76% connected

Alt. of Protegee

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Transferee 76% connected

The person to whom a transfer in made.

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Tuner 76% connected

One who tunes; especially, one whose occupation is to tune musical instruments.

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Warrantee 76% connected

The person to whom a warrant or warranty is made.

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have 74% connected

of Have

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have 74% connected

of Have

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Receive 74% connected

To take, as something that is offered, given, committed, sent, paid, or the like; to accept; as, to receive money offered in payment of a debt; to re…

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Receive 74% connected

To take, as something that is offered, given, committed, sent, paid, or the like; to accept; as, to receive money offered in payment of a debt; to re…

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Receivership 74% connected

The state or office of a receiver.

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Receivership 74% connected

The state or office of a receiver.

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Component part 2

Aerial 70% connected

Of or pertaining to the air, or atmosphere; inhabiting or frequenting the air; produced by or found in the air; performed in the air; as, aerial regi…

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Antenna 70% connected

A movable, articulated organ of sensation, attached to the heads of insects and Crustacea. There are two in the former, and usually four in the latte…

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Containing whole 1

Telephone 70% connected

An instrument for reproducing sounds, especially articulate speech, at a distance.

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Synonym 2

Liquidator 92% connected

One who, or that which, liquidates.

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Recipient 92% connected

A receiver; the person or thing that receives; one to whom, or that to which, anything is given or communicated; specifically, the receiver of a stil…

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