1
: a person to whom an assignment is made
2
: a person appointed to act for another
3
: a person to whom a right or property is legally transferred
Examples of assignee in a Sentence
you are hereby authorized as my assignee for the duration of the case
Recent Examples on the Web
Sometimes, assignees need to do tasks in a certain order, and the completion of some tasks might change what future tasks entail.
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PC Magazine, 21 July 2025
Unless prior to the sale the bankruptcy trustee negotiates with the LLC managers to admit the purchaser, the purchaser at the judicial sale will not be anything more than an assignee of the distributional interest as was the result in this case.
—Jay Adkisson, Forbes.com, 30 Apr. 2025
The result that the purchaser at the judicial sale ends up only as an assignee of the distributional rights, but without governance rights, is the result that will ordinarily be obtained outside of bankruptcy too.
—Jay Adkisson, Forbes.com, 30 Apr. 2025
As a mere assignee of Addington's interest, BAL did not gain Addington's governance rights.
—Jay Adkisson, Forbes.com, 30 Apr. 2025
The Senate bill would appear to revive incentives for benefit assignees, such as water restoration companies or roof contractors — not just policyholders — to sue insurers.
—Ron Hurtibise, Sun Sentinel, 19 Mar. 2025
After all, Qualcomm recently surpassed IBM as the number-two patent assignee in the U.S..
—Anshel Sag, Forbes, 29 Feb. 2024
The data looks at the assignees for both regular utility and design patents and was limited to assignees that received at least 10 patents within the year.
—al, 22 June 2023
Kraft Foods Global Brands LLC, assignee.
—Eunice Liu, Discover Magazine, 7 July 2015
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PC Magazine, 21 July 2025
Unless prior to the sale the bankruptcy trustee negotiates with the LLC managers to admit the purchaser, the purchaser at the judicial sale will not be anything more than an assignee of the distributional interest as was the result in this case.
—Jay Adkisson, Forbes.com, 30 Apr. 2025
The result that the purchaser at the judicial sale ends up only as an assignee of the distributional rights, but without governance rights, is the result that will ordinarily be obtained outside of bankruptcy too.
—Jay Adkisson, Forbes.com, 30 Apr. 2025
As a mere assignee of Addington's interest, BAL did not gain Addington's governance rights.
—Jay Adkisson, Forbes.com, 30 Apr. 2025
The Senate bill would appear to revive incentives for benefit assignees, such as water restoration companies or roof contractors — not just policyholders — to sue insurers.
—Ron Hurtibise, Sun Sentinel, 19 Mar. 2025
After all, Qualcomm recently surpassed IBM as the number-two patent assignee in the U.S..
—Anshel Sag, Forbes, 29 Feb. 2024
The data looks at the assignees for both regular utility and design patents and was limited to assignees that received at least 10 patents within the year.
—al, 22 June 2023
Kraft Foods Global Brands LLC, assignee.
—Eunice Liu, Discover Magazine, 7 July 2015
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“Assignee.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/assignee. Accessed 26 Jul. 2025.
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assignee
noun
as·sign·ee
ˌas-ə-ˈnē 
ˌas-ˌī-,
ə-ˌsī-
: a person to whom something is assigned
Legal Definition
assignee
noun
as·sign·ee
ˌa-sə-ˈnē, ˌa-ˌsī-, ə-ˌsī-
: a person to whom a right or property is transferred
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