Meaning & use
Assignees
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People or parties to whom rights, property, or responsibilities have been legally transferred.
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The contract lists both the original tenant and any future assignees.
The patent's assignees now control the licensing rights.
A note on using this word
Common in legal and business documents, always paired conceptually with the "assignor," the party who transfers the rights.
Words with a similar meaning
transfereesrecipients
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Words with an opposite meaning
assignors
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