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abandonee
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Abandonee
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a·ban·don·ee
/
əˌbæn
dəˈni
/
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uh
-ban-d
uh
-
nee
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noun
1.
the party to whom a right or property is
abandoned
by another, especially an insurer to whom a property has been relinquished.
2.
a person who has been
abandoned
.
Origin:
1840–50;
abandon
1
+
-ee
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abandonee
(əˌbændəˈniː)
—
n
law
a person to whom something is formally relinquished, esp an insurer having the right to salvage a wreck
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
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