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assignee

noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

One to whom a thing is assigned.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

One to whom a right or property is being transferred.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: law

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: cessionary

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

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

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: recipient, receiver, party

History

Etymology

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

Across languages

Translations

33 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: causahavent — one to whom a thing is assigned
  • Spanish: asignado — one to whom a thing is assigned
  • Turkish: görevlendirilen — one to whom a thing is assigned
  • Arabic: وَكِيل (wakīl) — law: one to whom rights or property is being transferred
  • Catalan: causahavent — law: one to whom rights or property is being transferred
  • Catalan: drethavent — law: one to whom rights or property is being transferred
  • Catalan: cessionari — law: one to whom rights or property is being transferred
  • Dutch: cessionaris — law: one to whom rights or property is being transferred
  • French: cessionnaire — law: one to whom rights or property is being transferred
  • French: ayant-droit — law: one to whom rights or property is being transferred
  • German: Zessionar — law: one to whom rights or property is being transferred
  • German: Abtretungsempfänger — law: one to whom rights or property is being transferred
  • Italian: cessionario — law: one to whom rights or property is being transferred
  • Polish: nabywcy — law: one to whom rights or property is being transferred
  • Polish: cesjonariusza — law: one to whom rights or property is being transferred
  • Portuguese: cessionário — law: one to whom rights or property is being transferred
  • Russian: цессионе́р (cessionér) — law: one to whom rights or property is being transferred
  • Serbo-Croatian: цесио̀на̄р — law: one to whom rights or property is being transferred
  • Serbo-Croatian: cesiònār — law: one to whom rights or property is being transferred
  • Spanish: causahabiente — law: one to whom rights or property is being transferred
  • Spanish: derechohabiente — law: one to whom rights or property is being transferred
  • Turkish: temlik alan — law: one to whom rights or property is being transferred
  • Welsh: aseinai — law: one to whom rights or property is being transferred
  • Arabic: وَكِيل (wakīl) — an agent
  • German: Bevollmächtigter — an agent
  • German: Bevollmächtigte — an agent
  • Russian: пове́ренный (povérennyj) — an agent
  • Russian: дове́ренный (dovérennyj) — an agent
  • Serbo-Croatian: повјерѐнӣк — an agent
  • Serbo-Croatian: поверѐнӣк — an agent
  • Serbo-Croatian: povjerènīk — an agent
  • Serbo-Croatian: poverènīk — an agent
  • Turkish: vekil — an agent