Associations to the word «Recipient»

Wiktionary

RECIPIENT, noun. One who receives, such as one who receives money or goods.
RECIPIENT, noun. (medicine) An individual receiving donor organs or tissues.
RECIPIENT, noun. (chemistry) The portion of an alembic or other still in which the distilled liquid is collected.

Dictionary definition

RECIPIENT, noun. A person who receives something.
RECIPIENT, noun. The semantic role of the animate entity that is passively involved in the happening denoted by the verb in the clause.

Wise words

We should have a great fewer disputes in the world if words were taken for what they are, the signs of our ideas only, and not for things themselves.
John Locke