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The one holding out their hand while 'donor' gets all the glory.
means A person or entity who receives a gift, grant, or power from someone else — the legal counterpart to the giver.
from Built from Latin 'donare' (to give), the same root behind 'donate' and 'donor.' English lawyers in the medieval period loved slapping the French-style suffix '-ee' onto verbs to name the person on the receiving end of the action — same pattern as 'employee' (one who is employed) or 'payee' (one who is paid). So 'donee' simply means 'the one given-to,' coined as the quiet counterpart to 'donor' the moment the law needed a word for whoever's on the other side of a gift.
- legal term
- receiver of a gift or power, in contracts
- not a typo
- people assume it should be donatee
- power of attorney
- donee is who gets the authority granted
- opposite number
- donor gives, donee just has to say thanks