Abandonee
//əˈbæn.dəˌni// noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 One to whom something is abandoned.
"But this argument is built upon an assumption that an abandonment of freight convey to the abandonee a right to the freight, in preference to the right of the abandonee, of the ship, which is assuming the whole question."
Example
More examples"But this argument is built upon an assumption that an abandonment of freight convey to the abandonee a right to the freight, in preference to the right of the abandonee, of the ship, which is assuming the whole question."
Etymology
From abandon + -ee.
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