How do you use Consignee in a sentence? See 4 example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like recipient or receiver, plus the exact meaning.
Consignee meaning
- The person to whom a shipment is to be delivered.
- One to whom anything is consigned or entrusted.
Using Consignee
- The main meaning on this page is: The person to whom a shipment is to be delivered. | One to whom anything is consigned or entrusted.
- Useful related words include: recipient, receiver.
- In the example corpus, consignee often appears in combinations such as: the consignee.
Context around Consignee
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 0 start, 2 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 4 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Consignee
- In this selection, "consignee" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 25.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, decides stand out and add context to how "consignee" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include before the consignee decides to and destination and consignee were also. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "consignee" sits close to words such as aaas, aacc and aacs, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with consignee
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Similarly import cargo that is offloaded needs to be in bond before the consignee decides to take delivery. (18 words)
She also plans to split the profits on each item 50-50 with the consignee who brings it to her to sell. (22 words)
Wearing a large ticket, ‘Sample without value,’ on which the destination and consignee were also printed, Lantsheere was taken to the post office in Brussels, then weighed and stamped. (29 words)
Container loading Full container load A full container load (FCL) is an ISO standard container that is loaded and unloaded under the risk and account of one shipper and only one consignee. (32 words)
Wearing a large ticket, ‘Sample without value,’ on which the destination and consignee were also printed, Lantsheere was taken to the post office in Brussels, then weighed and stamped. (29 words)
She also plans to split the profits on each item 50-50 with the consignee who brings it to her to sell. (22 words)
Example sentences (4)
She also plans to split the profits on each item 50-50 with the consignee who brings it to her to sell.
Wearing a large ticket, ‘Sample without value,’ on which the destination and consignee were also printed, Lantsheere was taken to the post office in Brussels, then weighed and stamped.
Container loading Full container load A full container load (FCL) is an ISO standard container that is loaded and unloaded under the risk and account of one shipper and only one consignee.
Similarly import cargo that is offloaded needs to be in bond before the consignee decides to take delivery.
Common combinations with consignee
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: