Words / C1

ri-SIP-ee-uh-nt/rɪˈsɪpiənt/

A recipient receives something: a grant recipient, the recipient of an email. Receiver is everyday and also a phone or radio part; addressee is the person a letter is sent to. Receipt is the slip of paper; recipe is cooking. Do not call the sender the recipient.

Meaning

A person or organisation that receives something.

Examples

• “Each grant recipient had to file a one-page report.”
• “Each recipient had to countersign, which is how they knew the list was complete.”
• “A blind-copy recipient still received the file; they were not named in the to-line.”

Good to know

The one who receives it. Mix-up: receipt (proof of payment); recipe (cooking). Everyday: receiver. Opposite role: sender.

Near in meaning

receiver

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