remitteen.
/rᵻˌmɪˈtiː/, U.S. /rəˌmɪˈti/, /riˌmɪˈti/ A person to whom a remittance is paid or sent.
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1765 W. Gordon Universal Accountant II. iii. Introd. 352 The refusal is attended with loss and discredit to the drawer, besides the difficulties it may bring upon the remitter and remittee.
1766 W. Gordon Gen. Counting-house 339 The porteur or remittee to whom the bill is remitted for acceptance.
1798 W. Taylor in Monthly Rev. 27 490 A deposit belonging to the drawer, and successively confided to the remittees.
1831 Amer. Jurist & Law Mag. Apr. 365 There having been no assent on the part of the remittees, there was no privity between them and the plaintiff.
1885 Law Rep.: Queen's Bench Div. 14 612 Remittances are sent..to cover drafts of the remitter accepted by the remittee.
1952 J. Lait & L. Mortimer U.S.A. Confidential i. iii. 23 Bribes..and other funds which must be moved can be pushed over a crap or roulette table to make it look as if the remittee won the money.
1992 Kyodo (Nexis) 25 June 6250075 To make an initial regular payment..a company needs only to input the necessary data about the remittee into the computer.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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