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

But the donee hurried away, saying: "If you had the money, I would not take it out of your only hand!"

From The Lincoln Story Book A Judicious Collection of the Best Stories and Anecdotes of the Great President, Many Appearing Here for the First Time in Book Form by Williams, Henry Llewellyn