consignee
/ˌkɒn.saɪˈniː/
consignee noun: the person to whom a shipment is to be delivered.
Noun
consignee (plural consignees)
- The person to whom a shipment is to be delivered.
- One to whom anything is consigned or entrusted.
- The letter had been given to the two Englishmen by a good friend of theirs in London, who had been in America two years previously, and had singled out Mr. J. L. Westgate from the many friends he had left there as the consignee, as it were, of his compatriots.1878, Henry James, An International Episode
consignee meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Malayalam and Kannada
consignee in Tamil
- ஒப்படை, அனுப்பப் பெறுபவர், சரக்குப் பெறுநர், சரக்குப் பெறுபவர், பண்டம் பெறுபவர், அனுப்புப் பெறுபவர்
consignee in Urdu
- مرسل الیہ
consignee in Malayalam
- ചരക്ക് ഏറ്റുവാങ്ങേണ്ട ആൾ
consignee in Kannada
- ರವಾನೆಯನ್ನು ಸ್ವೀಕರಿಸುವ ವ್ಯಕ್ತಿ, ಸರಕುಗ್ರಾಹಕ
Forms of consignee
| plural | consignees |
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Origin of consignee
From consign + -ee.
Words formed from consignee
Questions about consignee
- What does consignee mean?
- Consignee means the person to whom a shipment is to be delivered.
- What is consignee in Tamil?
- Consignee in Tamil is ஒப்படை, அனுப்பப் பெறுபவர், சரக்குப் பெறுநர். See Consignee meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is consignee?
- Consignee is a noun.
- How do you pronounce consignee?
- Consignee is pronounced /ˌkɒn.saɪˈniː/.
- What is the plural of consignee?
- The plural of consignee is consignees.
Words near consignee in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: consignee (page history and authors); consignee (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); consignee (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); consignee (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); consignee (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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