addressee

addressee
noun Date: 1810 one to whom something is addressed

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  • addressee — ad‧dress‧ee [ˌædreˈsiː, əˌdreˈsiː] noun [countable] TRANSPORT the person or organization that a letter or package is addressed to * * * addressee UK US /ˌædresˈiː/ noun [C] ► the person whose name or address is written on a letter or package:… …   Financial and business terms

  • Addressee — Ad dress*ee , n. One to whom anything is addressed. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • addressee — index inhabitant, lodger, occupant, resident Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • addressee — (n.) 1810; see ADDRESS (Cf. address) (v.) + EE (Cf. ee) …   Etymology dictionary

  • addressee — The person or organization to whom a mailpiece is addressed as shown in the delivery address …   Glossary of postal terms

  • addressee — ☆ addressee [a΄dres ē′, ə dres΄ē′ ] n. the person to whom mail, etc. is addressed …   English World dictionary

  • Addressee — In linguistics, an addressee is an intended direct recipient of the speaker s communication. A listener is either an addressee or a bystander.Second person pronouns refer to an addressee or a group including an addressee. An inclusive first… …   Wikipedia

  • addressee — UK [ˌædreˈsiː] / US [ˌædreˈsɪ] noun [countable] Word forms addressee : singular addressee plural addressees formal the person that a letter or parcel is addressed to …   English dictionary

  • addressee — [[t]æ̱dresi͟ː[/t]] addressees N COUNT: usu the N in sing The addressee of a letter or parcel is the person or company that it is addressed to. [FORMAL] …   English dictionary

  • addressee — address ► NOUN 1) the details of the place where someone lives or an organization is situated. 2) Computing a number identifying a location in a data storage system or computer memory. 3) a formal speech. ► VERB 1) write someone s name and… …   English terms dictionary

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