chargee

Noun

chargee (plural chargees)

1. One who is charged; the person on whom a charge is levied, who is charged with a crime, who is charged to do something, etc.
   • June 18, charge to the Industrial Rehabilitiation Finance Board securing all sums which the chargees may be called upon to pay under or by reason of a guarantee;1948, The Chemical Age - Volume 59, page 133
   • The most important point in the prehearing thinking was that both the charger and the chargee were African Americans.1995, Geneva Smitherman, African American Women Speak Out on Anita Hill-Clarence Thomas
2. The holder or beneficiary of a charge or right in security (such as a debenture).
   • A chargee proposing to sell or grant a lease of an object under paragraph 1 otherwise than pursuant to a court order shall give reasonable prior notice in writing of the proposed sale or lease to interested persons.1998, Air and Space Law - Volume 23, page ii
   • A charge differs from a trust because the chargee's right to the chargor's right is defeasible upon the chargor paying what he owes.2012, Horst Eidenmüller, Eva-Maria Kieninger, The Future of Secured Credit in Europe, page 89
3. (Africa) One who is given charge of caring for another's animal or herd.
   • But the chargee will be entitled to a proportionate abatement of the price of the animal if the carcass is later sold.1954, Taslim Olawale Elias, Groundwork of Nigerian Law, page 237
   • Among the Yorubas, the first breed belongs to the owner of the animal, the next to the chargee, the third to the owner, and so on.1970, E. Cotran, N. N. Rubin, Readings in African Law, Volume 1, page 222