grantee

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a person or organization that receives a grant, award, right, or privilege

   The grantee must submit a report explaining how the research funds were spent.

2. 2
   noun

   law: a person to whom property or a legal interest is formally transferred

   The deed identifies the buyer as the grantee and the seller as the grantor.

From Anglo-French grante, the past participle of granter ('to grant'), later analyzed in English as grant + -ee. The suffix marks the person who receives the thing granted, opposite the grantor.

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