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Is your gift recipient going straight from her desk to date night?
—Dahvi Shira, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024
Choose flashy images or ads that align with your recipient's interests, such as fashion or nature.
—Mary Cornetta, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Dec. 2024
But given that in recent years, benefits have increased by more than 2.5 percent annually, many Supplemental Security Income (SSI) and Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) recipients were anxious that this year's increase would not live up to previous expectations.
—Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024
The largest recipient of grants from the MPA was again Carnegie Mellon University, which has been doing research on piracy and technology, and received $750,000, which was down from $1 million a year earlier.
—Ted Johnson, Deadline, 10 Dec. 2024
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Word History
Etymology
Latin recipient-, recipiens, present participle of recipere
First Known Use
1558, in the meaning defined above
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“Recipient.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/recipient. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
Kids Definition
recipient
noun
re·cip·i·ent
ri-ˈsip-ē-ənt
: one that receives
the recipient of many honors
recipient
adjective
Medical Definition
recipient
noun
re·cip·i·ent
ri-ˈsip-ē-ənt
: an individual who receives biological material (as blood or an organ) from a donor
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