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payee

[pay-ee] / peɪˈi /
NOUN
bearer
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Sometimes foreign companies will withhold local taxes from dividends before sending them to a U.S. payee.

From Barron's ● Feb. 12, 2026

As a taxpayer, a Social Security payee, and someone who appreciates efficiency and good government, I am grateful to them.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 28, 2025

Additionally, it must disclose the specific amount or percentage of the main participant or account holder’s retirement benefits that will be paid out to the alternate payee.

From Salon ● Dec. 29, 2024

If a bank does not know the payee, it generally sends a paper check on your behalf, but the checks may have your account number and other information on them, leaving them susceptible to fraud.

From New York Times ● Jan. 7, 2024

When a Canadian money order has been lost, either by the remitter or payee, the circumstance must be made known to the superintendent, who, under certain precautions, will issue a duplicate.

From Canadian Postal Guide by Canada. Post Office Dept.

Hayes allegedly deposited the checks in her accounts at various banks by forging the signatures of payees, prosecutors said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 20, 2024

Jack also believes the fact that 137 individual payments were being made to three new payees in the space of an hour, should have raised concerns with Revolut.

From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2024

These systems are highly secure, particularly when they already have your payees in their system and can send an electronic payment directly to them.

From New York Times ● Jan. 7, 2024

Other warnings signs include frequent or last-minute changes of end-users or payees, or redirection of goods to third countries that have limited or no restrictions on re-exports to Russia, the department said.

From Reuters ● Apr. 23, 2023

The payees in both cases are the same.

From Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman by Albert Sidney Bolles


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