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obligatee

obligatee noun: a person who is obligated by law to do something.

Noun

obligatee (plural obligatees)

  1. A person who is obligated by law to do something
    • But in any provision of value to the public as a whole, other people are somehow affected or involved, as customers, beneficiaries or obligatees.2001, John Alford, “The implications of 'publicness' for strategic management theory”, in Kevan Scholes, Gerry Johnson, editors, Exploring Public Sector Strategy, →ISBN, page 6

Forms of obligatee

pluralobligatees

Origin of obligatee

From obligate + -ee.

Questions about obligatee

What does obligatee mean?
Obligatee means a person who is obligated by law to do something.
What part of speech is obligatee?
Obligatee is a noun.
What is the plural of obligatee?
The plural of obligatee is obligatees.

Words near obligatee in the dictionary

  1. obligate
  2. obligate carrier
  3. obligate carriers
  4. obligated
  5. obligatedly
  6. obligatee
  7. obligatees
  8. obligately
  9. obligates
  10. obligati
  11. obligating

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