promisee
promisee — noun
- promiseesingular
- promiseesplural
1. the person or group that receives a promise, giving them the right to have it ke
the person or group that receives a promise, giving them the right to have it kept or to take legal action if it is broken.
Arif was named as the promisee in the written contract and waited for the full payment until March.
named as the promisee in [document type]
When the firm gave Mei-Lin a firm job offer, she became the promisee of that written pledge.
became the promisee of [type of] pledge
Tunde, the promisee of a large bank loan, finally received the money after two long months.
Santiago became the promisee when his landlord gave him a firm move-in date for the flat.
Fatima, as the promisee of a written repair guarantee, took the builder to court over the leak.
- obligee
broader — covers anyone owed a legal duty, whether or not that duty comes from a specific promise
- beneficiary
common in trust and insurance law; a beneficiary may receive a benefit without having been given any direct promise
- creditor
narrower — limited to situations where the promise is to repay money
- promisor
the party who makes the promise; together the promisor and promisee form the two sides of the same legal relationship
文法句型
the promisee + verb
as the promisee
named as promisee in + noun phrase
用法筆記
The promisee is one of two roles in any promise-based legal bond: the promisor (the one who makes the promise) and the promisee (the one who receives it). The -or and -ee endings follow the same pattern as employer/employee and payer/payee — the -or is the active party and the -ee is the receiving party. In everyday speech, 'promisee' is rare; it belongs almost entirely to formal legal and contractual writing.