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promisee|ˌprɒmɪˈsiː|
Also promissee.
[f. as prec. + -ee.]
The person to whom a promise is made: esp. in legal use, correlative to promisor.
1733Swift Advice to Freemen Dublin Wks. 1745 VIII. 239 The persons..possessed of the sole executive power.., and hundreds of expectants, hopers, and promissees. 1785Paley Mor. Philos. iii. i. v. 107 The promise is to be performed in that sense in which the promiser apprehended at the time that the promisee received it. 1846Grote Greece i. xx. II. 110 The tie which binds a man to..any special promisee towards whom he has taken the engagement of an oath. 1875Poste Gaius i. Introd. (ed. 2) 11 The intention of the promissor must accord with that of the promissee. Ibid. ii. Comm. 203 The payee, promisee, or creditor, is..defined by the class term ‘bearer’ or ‘holder’. |