donee

Example Sentences

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Butler’s emails to Leo are relentlessly obsequious, an unsurprising dynamic between a donor and donee.

From Slate • May 2, 2018

If the donor is too mean, the donee is happy to punish him by rejecting the ideal outright.

From Economist • Jul. 20, 2012

A related example involves giving $100 to a participant and asking him to share it with another member of the group; the catch being that, if the donee rejects the deal, neither person gets anything.

From Economist • Jul. 20, 2012

Last week she appeared at Manhattan's Presbyterian Hospital, gave a pint of her blue blood to Britain, did not stipulate any particular donee.

From Time Magazine Archive

In the above case A is said to be the donor, B the donee, and the persons in whose favour the appointment is exercised are called the appointees.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 3 "Apollodorus" to "Aral" by Various