recipient
/rɪˈsɪpɪənt
/noun
A person or thing that receives or is awarded something: the recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize...
- Mr Logue said his family was both overwhelmed and proud to be the recipients of the award.
- They are the recipients of Smart awards from the Department of Trade and Industry.
- Much of the money to pay benefits to future recipients will have to come from somewhere else.
Synonyms
beneficiary, receiver, donee, legatee;
Law grantee, devisee
adjective [attributive]
Receiving or capable of receiving something: a recipient country...
- This would be widely denounced as a form of neo-colonialism in both donor and recipient countries.
- Finally, a telegraphic or telex message is not recorded, except by the sending and recipient banks.
- The agreement placed a greater emphasis on dialogue between the EU and recipient states.
Derivatives
recipiency
- The re-employment bonus proposal doesn't address the real world problem of inadequate unemployment insurance benefit levels and low unemployment insurance recipiency.
- One of the most salient features of the economic crisis in Sweden during the 1990s was the dramatic increase in long-term social assistance recipiency.
Origin
Mid 16th century: from Latin recipient- 'receiving', from the verb recipere.