consignee

Example Sentences

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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

What would its original consignee give for it, delivered now, even if it had not been underwater for 33 years?

From Time Magazine Archive

"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

It is therefore but just that the consignor and consignee should have the benefit of the reduced cost of such shipments.

From The Railroad Question A historical and practical treatise on railroads, and remedies for their abuses by Larrabee, William