The Online Dictionary of Language Terminology (ODLT)


recipient noun
Definition - A noun that labels a person or thing that is having something happen to it. As opposed to an agent noun, which labels the person or thing that is initiating the action.
Note: The suffix -ee is used to form these nouns.

Example -

(1) grantee (the receiver of a grant)
(2) payee (the receiver of a payment)



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