DRAWEE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does drawee mean? 

• DRAWEE (noun)
  The noun DRAWEE has 1 sense:

1. the person (or bank) who is expected to pay a check or draft when it is presented for payment

  Familiarity information: DRAWEE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DRAWEE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The person (or bank) who is expected to pay a check or draft when it is presented for payment

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("drawee" is a kind of...):

payer; remunerator (a person who pays money for something)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "drawee"):

acceptor (the person (or institution) who accepts a check or draft and becomes responsible for paying the party named in the draft when it matures)

Derivation:

draw (remove (a commodity) from (a supply source))