the person in whose favour a negotiable instrument is endorsed
endorsee in American English
(ˌɛndɔrˈsi)
noun
the person to whom a check, note, etc. is made over by endorsement
endorsee in American English
(endɔrˈsi, ˌendɔr-, enˈdɔrsi)
noun
1.
a person to whom a negotiable document is endorsed
2.
a candidate or applicant who is endorsed by a person or group
Also: indorsee
Word origin
[1760–70; endorse + -ee]This word is first recorded in the period 1760–70. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: genre, plunk, right of way, sounding board, toggle-ee is a suffix forming from transitive verbs nouns which denote a person who is theobject or beneficiary of the act specified by the verb (addressee; employee; grantee); more recent formations also mark the performer of an act, with the base being anintransitive verb (escapee; returnee; standee) or, less frequently, a transitive verb (attendee) or another part of speech (absentee; refugee)