payee
Example Sentences
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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
If you’re the alternate payee in particular, you want your share of retirement assets without any major hassles.
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
But the insertion by the payee of the words "interest" after the making of a note by authority of maker will not vitiate it.
From Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman by Bolles, Albert Sidney
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.