consignee
/ˌkɒnsaɪˈniː/
/kənˈsaɪniː/ noun [C] COMMERCEDefinition
› the person or company to whom goods or documents are officially sent or delivered: A freight forwarder is an intermediate consignee - that is, they take possession of the goods before delivering them to the ultimate consignee. → Compare consignor
(Definition of consignee noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary
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