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payee|peɪˈiː| [f. pay v.1 + -ee: cf. F. payé paid.] The person to whom a sum of money is, or is to be, paid; esp. the person to whom a bill or cheque is made payable.
1758Ld. Mansfield in Burrow's Rep. II. 676 As soon as a note is indorsed by the payee, the indorser is the drawer. 1766Blackstone Comm. II. xxx. 467 The third person, or negotiator, to whom it is payable..is called the payee. 1866Crump Banking iii. 83 It is always advisable to cross cheques..if the name of the payee's banker be known. |