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donee

[doh-nee] / doʊˈni /


NOUN
recipient
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Antonyms


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Electoral Commission rules say any member of a registered political party could be a "regulated donee" and therefore subject to its rules about declarations.

From BBC ● Apr. 30, 2026

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

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 Henry Llewellyn Williams


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