a person to whom something is transferred; assignee; grantee
cessionary in American English
(ˈsɛʃəˌnɛri)
nounWord forms: pluralˈcessionˌaries
Law
assignee
cessionary in American English
(ˈseʃəˌneri)
nounWord forms: plural-aries
Law
an assignee or grantee
Word origin
[1605–15; ‹ ML cessiōnārius, equiv. to cessiōn-cession + -ārius-ary]This word is first recorded in the period 1605–15. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: classic, displacement, gothic, independent, inverse-ary is a suffix occurring originally in loanwords from Classical and Medieval Latin,on adjectives (elementary; honorary; stationary; tributary), personal nouns (actuary; notary; secretary), or nouns denoting objects, esp. receptacles or places (library; rosary; glossary). The suffix has the general sense “pertaining to, connected with” the referent namedby the base; it is productive in English, sometimes with the additional senses “contributingto,” “for the purpose of,” and usually forming adjectives. Other words that use theaffix -ary include: complimentary, inflationary, revolutionary, visionary