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consignee

[kon-sahy-nee, -si-, kuhn-sahy-] / ˌkɒn saɪˈni, -sɪ-, kən saɪ- /
NOUN
bearer
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Police said they were seeking a man called Wilmane Jean, who is named in the customs data as the consignee for the shipment - the person responsible for receiving it.

From BBC Apr. 16, 2025

The recalled products were distributed to one consignee in Wisconsin.

From Salon Apr. 10, 2024

"My point is that that manifest doesn't support definitively one or the other except to say that the consignee is the Ministry of Defense in Kenya."

From Time Magazine Archive

The shipping manifest quoted by the BBC is ambiguous at best � and does say that the consignee is Kenya's Ministry of Defense.

From Time Magazine Archive

The name of a clerk or door-keeper or a lady type-writer may appear as consignee.

From South America and the War by Kirkpatrick, F. A. (Frederick Alexander)

In total, 26 people on the list were named as consignees for 286 shipments, which took place before the individuals were put under sanctions or arrested.

From BBC Apr. 16, 2025

We followed the man inside and watched as he posted at least 15 parcels to different consignees around the world.

From BBC Mar. 1, 2024

Its officers, acting for consignees who claimed they had paid up but had not received their oxide, held the Konigsberg's skipper on larceny charges.

From Time Magazine Archive

A method of developing sensitized paper by heat may find its industrial application in making wrappings for fruit, to warn consignees when shipments have not been kept below spoiling temperature.

From Time Magazine Archive

The flight of the consignees allayed the excitement for a few days.

From Harper's New Monthly Magazine Vol. IV, No. 19, Dec 1851 by Various




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