Consignee
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˌkɒn.saɪˈniː/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Consignee is a noun meaning The person to whom a shipment is to be delivered.
Meaning
The person to whom a shipment is to be delivered.
More Meanings
- One to whom anything is consigned or entrusted.
Example Sentences
The letter had been given to the two Englishmen by a good friend of theirs in London, who had been in America two years previously, and had singled out Mr. J. L. Westgate from the many friends he had left there as the consignee, as it were, of his compatriots.
Word Forms
- consignees
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include consignor, purchaser, depositary, importer, agent, sender.
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