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devisee

noun

Definition of deviseenext
as in beneficiary

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Recent Examples of devisee That can obviously set up some interesting, and potentially uncomfortable, situations for both the devisee and your surviving spouse. — Dallas News, 20 Feb. 2022 When a person dies, his claim passes to his heirs or devisees, subject to the administration of his estate. — Virginia Hammerle, Dallas News, 26 Jan. 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for devisee
  1. beneficiary
  2. assignee
  3. legatee
  4. grantee
  5. heir
  6. claimant
  7. inheritor
Noun
  • The biggest beneficiary of Douglas’ absence will likely be wide receiver Jalen Tolbert.
    — Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 24 Sep. 2026
  • At the Conference, execs from three beneficiaries — Casa Mundo Cero, Aurora Media and Itaca Films — talked up the benefits.
    — Alex Ritman, Variety, 24 Sep. 2026
Definition of beneficiary
Noun
  • Agents in Jira are generally available, allowing teams to assign work items to AI agents using the same interface as for human assignees, with full audit logging designed for compliance teams.
    — Steve McDowell, Forbes.com, 29 May 2026
  • To assign a task, simply tick a box, add a description, choose assignees, and input an optional due date.
    — Robert Anderson, PC Magazine, 30 Mar. 2026
Definition of assignee
Noun
  • The old immigrants are likely to remain—in the manner of the occasional Wasp legatee (Wagner, Lindsay) who poked in during the buoyant sixties—more visitors to wars over civic power than victors in them.
    — Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 12 Jan. 2026
  • Trump and allies, meanwhile, often cast him as legatee of Reagan.
    — David Jackson, USA TODAY, 8 Sep. 2024
Definition of legatee
Noun
  • Katie McQue's reporting is supported by the Tarbell Center for AI Journalism, which is a grantee of Coefficient Giving.
    — Katie McQue, NPR, 26 Sep. 2026
  • Ticket sales from Comic Relief Live power all our work, from funding grantee partners helping children on the ground to driving the community events and public campaigns that inspire people to get involved.
    — Peter White, Deadline, 9 Sep. 2026
Definition of grantee
Noun
  • Kahn’s heirs unloaded the place in 1939, a few years after his death, and it was chopped up over the years to serve as retirement housing for city workers, a military training compound, and a boarding school, per Forbes.
    — Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 25 Sep. 2026
  • But a first-of-its-kind study of hundreds of contested trust cases offers a rare look at the circumstances that can send heirs to court.
    — Hayley Cuccinello, CNBC, 25 Sep. 2026
Definition of heir
Noun
  • Previously, individual payouts were capped at $51 per claimant.
    — Dan Avery, CNBC, 22 Sep. 2026
  • But half of the claimants dropped their suit, and Levi maintained that they were being threatened or paid off.
    — Ruth Margalit, New Yorker, 19 Sep. 2026
Definition of claimant
Noun
  • Young and middle-aged inheritors are more digitally savvy and activism-oriented than older generations.
    — Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 3 Sep. 2026
  • The hope behind the request was that the proud inheritor of the Byzantine empire could escape its associations with a pretty derpy American bird.
    — Drew Goins, The Atlantic, 17 July 2026
Definition of inheritor

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