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recipient

[ri-sip-ee-uhnt] / rɪˈsɪp i ənt /
NOUN
receiver
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New York will collect a license fee of at least $500 million from each recipient.

From The Wall Street Journal

This means messages are scrambled when they leave the sender's device and can only be read by the recipient.

From Barron's

How to ensure the wine you choose will actually please its recipient and not be promptly regifted to somebody else?

From The Wall Street Journal

"We need to not only replace the islets that have been lost but also reset the recipient's immune system to prevent ongoing islet cell destruction. Creating a hybrid immune system accomplishes both goals."

From Science Daily

When forwarding an email, people often include their own take at the top—but this anchors the recipient before they have seen the original message.

From The Wall Street Journal