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DONEE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does donee mean?
• DONEE (noun)
The noun DONEE has 1 sense:
1. the recipient of funds or other benefits
Familiarity information: DONEE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The recipient of funds or other benefits
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
beneficiary; donee
Hypernyms ("donee" is a kind of...):
receiver; recipient (a person who receives something)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "donee"):
co-beneficiary (one of two or more beneficiaries of the same benefit)
devisee (someone to whom property (especially realty) is devised by will)
legatee (someone to whom a legacy is bequeathed)
pensionary; pensioner (the beneficiary of a pension fund)
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