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Recipient

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 still.

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Broader term 1

Acquirer 76% connected

A person who acquires.

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Narrower term 22

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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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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Synonym 1

Receiver 92% connected

One who takes or receives in any manner.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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