DONEE Synonyms: 16 Similar and Opposite Words

donee

noun

Definition of donee

as in beneficiary

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Recent Examples of donee Future-interest gifts do not qualify for the annual gift tax exclusion (currently $19,000 per donee in 2026). — Virginia La Torre Jeker, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026 That means if the donee sells the assets, gain and income tax will be triggered. — Martin Shenkman, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2025 Other discrepancies appeared in the reports, including one donee receiving a refund of more than what was donated. — Journal Sentinel, 27 Jan. 2023 The ring must be returned to the donor, Grandmother, because the donee, her boyfriend, was at fault in terminating the engagement. — Dallas News, 11 Dec. 2022

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Valar has been both closely involved with those reforms and a beneficiary of them.

— Geoff Brumfiel, NPR, 30 Sep. 2026
Notices informing beneficiaries that their status would be ending had already been issued and were ready to be sent to a printer.

— Jonathan Blitzer, New Yorker, 30 Sep. 2026

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In graft versus host disease, donated stem cells recognize a recipient’s body as foreign and begin to attack their healthy tissues.

— Brenda Goodman, CNN Money, 1 Oct. 2026
The program is led by the work of Lebanese artist Dala Nasser, selected by curator Nabil Abdel Nabi as the inaugural recipient of the Frieze Abu Dhabi Artist Award.

— News Desk, Artforum, 29 Sep. 2026

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