recipient

Noun
  1. is a type of: acquirer - a person who acquires something (usually permanently)
    subtypes:
    • addressee - one to whom something is addressed
    • alienee, grantee - someone to whom the title of property is transferred
    • annuitant - the recipient of an annuity
    • assignee - (law) the party to whom something is assigned (e.g., someone to whom a right or property is legally transferred)
    • beneficiary, donee - the recipient of funds or other benefits
    • borrower - someone who receives something on the promise to return it or its equivalent
    • conferee - a person on whom something is bestowed
    • consignee - the person to whom merchandise is delivered over
    • dependant, dependent - a person who relies on another person for support (especially financial support)
    • grantee - a recipient of a grant
    • heir, heritor, inheritor - a person who is entitled by law or by the terms of a will to inherit the estate of another
    • honoree - a recipient of honors in recognition of noteworthy accomplishments
    • host - (medicine) recipient of transplanted tissue or organ from a donor
    • mandatary, mandatory - the recipient of a mandate
    • payee - a person to whom money is paid
    • protege - a person who receives support and protection from an influential patron who furthers the protege's career
    • sendee - the intended recipient of a message
    • transferee - (law) someone to whom a title or property is conveyed
    • warrantee - a recipient of a warrant issued by a court in the United States
    same as: receiver
  2. is a type of: participant role, semantic role - (linguistics) the underlying relation that a constituent has with the main verb in a clause
    same as: recipient role

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