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resignee

9.9

A person who receives an office or property that another person gave up

noun
/rɪˈziːni/

Archaic

: cesionario

In old legal documents, the resignee is often named as the new holder of the property.

Examples

After the contract was signed, the resignee became the official owner of the business rights.
The resignee accepted the title and responsibilities after the formal transfer of the estate.
The resignee accepted the transfer of rights without hesitation.
Many resignees attended the meeting to discuss the property transfer.
The resignee reviewed the legal documents carefully before accepting ownership of the land.
In the historical records, the resignee is identified as the new custodian of the estate.
After the agreement was finalized, the resignee took possession of the rights to the property.

Synonyms

transferee

vsresignee

Specialized

6.9

A person who moves from one job, school, or place to another

is the legal or historical recipient when rights or offices are given

Surface Forms

resignee singular

resignees plural

Morphology

resignee = resign (semi-transparent) = resign + ee

Formed from 'resign' + '-ee' indicating a recipient in legal/transference contexts, but that transitive/legal sense of 'resign' is specialized and not obvious to many learners.

Etymology

Resignee combines resign and the ending -ee, and the -ee part means 'the one who receives', just like in assignee, so a resignee is the person who receives an office, property, or rights after they are handed over. The resign part comes from the old Latin root signare 'to mark' with re- 'back', which came to mean 'to give up', fitting the idea of something being passed on.