Search Result for "consignee":
Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1. the person to whom merchandise is delivered over;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Consignee \Con`sign*ee"\ (?; 277), n. [F. consign?, p. p. of consigner.] The person to whom goods or other things are consigned; a factor; -- correlative to consignor. [1913 Webster] Consigner and consignee are used by merchants to express generally the shipper of merchandise, and the person to whom it is addressed, by bill of lading or otherwise. --De Colange. [1913 Webster]Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
62 Moby Thesaurus words for "consignee": Federal, accepter, acquirer, addressee, agent, amanuensis, audience, auditor, baggage agent, beholder, business agent, claim agent, clerk, commercial agent, commission agent, customer agent, dupe, factor, fed, federal agent, freight agent, functionary, general agent, getter, hearer, holder, implement, instrument, insurance agent, land agent, law agent, listener, literary agent, loan agent, looker, news agent, obtainer, official, parliamentary agent, passenger agent, payee, press agent, procurer, puppet, purchasing agent, real estate agent, receiver, recipient, sales agent, secretary, special agent, spectator, station agent, steward, taker, theatrical agent, ticket agent, tool, travel agent, trustee, viewer, walking delegate
