单词 | assignee |
释义 | assigneeadj.n. A. adj. Assigned, appointed. ΘΚΠ society > authority > command > command or bidding > [adjective] > ordaining, prescribing, or appointing > ordained, prescribed, or appointed setc1050 assignedc1374 ordaineda1382 peremptor1397 prescriptc1460 constitute1483 prescribedc1503 assigneea1513 stinteda1513 peremptory1513 pointed1523 appointed1535 state1581 statuted1606 stated1644 instituted1647 constituted1651 indictive1656 indicteda1706 issued1760 prescriptive1765 ordered1780 mandated1944 a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) II. f. cxxiiii Chargynge his Lordes with theyr assygnes, Sowdyous to mete with hym..at the cytie of Arras. B. n. 1. One who is appointed to act for another; a deputy, agent, or representative. = assign n.2 1. ΘΚΠ society > authority > delegated authority > one having delegated or derived authority > [noun] > one who acts for another procuratorc1300 proctor1301 attorney1347 provisora1393 assignee1419 procuracya1425 solicitorc1425 factor1445 soliciter1464 doer1465 umbothman1482 agent1523 assign1526 procurera1533 practitioner1560 proxy1585 pragmatic1593 procureur1604 pragmatitioner1607 foreign agent1646 institor1657 agent general1659 proxy-man1696 interestera1701 maat1824 1419 H. Stafford in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. iii. 28. I. 65 Swych as ȝe left assigne of ȝoures. a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) II. f. xiii If the Cytie, were not by Kynge Iohnn or his assygneys, rescowyd. c1600 J. Norden Speculum Brit.: Cornwall (1728) 65 A howse..occupied by the assignees of the Bishop of Exon. 1713 R. Steele Englishman No. 15. 99 To Nestor Ironside, Esq.; or in his absence to the Englishman, his Assignee. 1809 Duke of Wellington Dispatches (1838) V. 229 That the assignee is the real agent of the party claiming the debt. 2. One to whom a right or property is legally transferred or made over; = assign n.2 2. ΘΚΠ society > law > transfer of property > [noun] > one to whom something is transferred assignc1450 assignee1467 seynea1500 alieneec1523 releaseea1612 resignee1611 relessee1682 resignatary1722 transferee1736 1467 in S. Tymms Wills & Inventories Bury St. Edmunds (1850) 47 To his heyrys and assigneis for euermoore. 1613 E. Kirke's Will in Spenser's Wks. (1882) III. Introd. 113 The saide Richard his heires and Assignees. 1613 E. Kirke's Will in Spenser's Wks. (1882) III. Introd. 113 To haue and to houlde to her and to her Assignes. 1768 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. II. 327 In assignments he parts with the whole property, and the assignee stands to all intents and purposes in the place of the assignor. 1875 K. E. Digby Introd. Hist. Law Real Prop. x. 333 The assignee of the lease has the same interest as the lessee (his assignor). 3. assignees in bankruptcy: those to whom the management, realization, and distribution of a bankrupt's estate is committed, on behalf of the creditors. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > management of money > [noun] > one who has charge of or manages money > one who manages bankrupt's estate assignees in bankruptcy1687 syndic1728 receiver1768 liquidator1858 society > trade and finance > management of money > insolvency > [noun] > bankruptcy > appointee administering property of bankrupt Commissioner of Bankrupta1642 assignees in bankruptcy1687 receiver1768 1687 London Gaz. No. 2294/4 Several of the Creditors..nominated Assignees. 1768 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. II. 480 Assignees, or persons to whom the bankrupt's estate shall be assigned, and in whom it shall be vested for the benefit of the creditors. 1843 J. S. Mill Syst. Logic II. vi. ix. §5 The official assignees in bankruptcy. 4. A convict assigned as unpaid servant to a colonial settler. Historical. ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > service > servant > types of servant > [noun] > convict assigned to colonist assignee1843 1843 Penny Cycl. XXV. 139/2 It is comparatively difficult to obtain another assignee,—easy to obtain a hired servant. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < adj.n.1419 |
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