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approvee

approvee noun: one who is requesting approval from an approver; one who receives approval.

Noun

approvee (plural approvees)

  1. (rare) One who is requesting approval from an approver; one who receives approval.
    • I am convinced that later comparisons of cost to budgets are most effective when there is an abiding trust between the approver and the approvee.1987, John Richard Hoskins, Mineral Industry Costs, Northwest Mining Association, page 16
    • Approval depends on the approver, not on anything the approvee does.1993, Robert Farrar Capon, The Mystery of Christ, page 115

Forms of approvee

pluralapprovees

Origin of approvee

From approve + -ee.

Questions about approvee

What does approvee mean?
Approvee means one who is requesting approval from an approver; one who receives approval.
What part of speech is approvee?
Approvee is a noun.
What is the plural of approvee?
The plural of approvee is approvees.

Words near approvee in the dictionary

  1. approved school
  2. approved schools
  3. approvedly
  4. approvedness
  5. approvedst
  6. approvee
  7. approvees
  8. approvement
  9. approvements
  10. approven
  11. approver

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