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endorsee

endorsee

1 7.2
A person who receives a signed check or bill to collect the money
  • noun
  • /ˌɛn.dɔrˈsi/
  • Specialized
: beneficiario
  • The endorsee of the check must sign it to receive the funds.

Examples

  • As the endorsee of the property deed, she gained full ownership rights.

  • To transfer ownership, the seller named John as the endorsee on the document.

  • It probably would have happened if the endorsee was Rybak, Thissen, or anyone other than Tom Rukavina.

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Synonyms

grantee
vsendorsee
  • Specialized
4 6.2

A person or group that officially receives something such as money, rights, property

is used when transfer is by signing or passing a document rather than by grant
transferee
vsendorsee
  • Specialized
1 8.2

A person who receives property or legal rights from another person

is used when transfer happens by signing or handing over a document

Surface Forms

endorsee singular
endorses plural

Morphology

endorsee = endorse (transparent) = endorse + ee

The productive suffix '-ee' marks the recipient/patient of the action 'endorse'; learners who know 'endorse' and the suffix '-ee' can infer 'endorsee'.

Etymology

Endorsee comes from en- 'in' and the Latin dorsum 'back', because to endorse originally meant to write on the back of a paper or check. So an endorsee is the person who receives that back signature and becomes responsible for the check or bill.