CONSIGNEES

Noun

consignees

plural of consignee

Source: Wiktionary


CONSIGNEE

Con`sign*ee", n. Etym: [F. consign, p.p. of consigner.]

Definition: The person to whom goods or other things are consigned; a factor; -- correlative to consignor. Consigner and consignee are used by merchants to express generally the shipper of merchandise, and the person to whom it is addressed, by bill of lading or otherwise. De Colange.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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SALTWORT

(noun) bushy plant of Old World salt marshes and sea beaches having prickly leaves; burned to produce a crude soda ash


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