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destinatary

destinatary noun: a recipient.

Noun

destinatary (plural destinataries)

  1. (formal) A recipient.
    • The idea underlying the efficacy of soft law is that the choice of adherence or non-adherence is made solely on the basis of an evaluation of the advantages deriving from compliance to the destinataries of the rule.2010, Noah Vardi, The Integration of European Financial Markets: The Regulation of Monetary Obligations

Forms of destinatary

pluraldestinataries

Questions about destinatary

What does destinatary mean?
Destinatary means a recipient.
What part of speech is destinatary?
Destinatary is a noun.
What is the plural of destinatary?
The plural of destinatary is destinataries.

Words near destinatary in the dictionary

  1. destimulators
  2. destimulatory
  3. destin
  4. destin'd
  5. destinataries
  6. destinatary
  7. destinate
  8. destinated
  9. destinates
  10. destinating
  11. destination

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