"actionee" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ækʃənˈiː/ Forms: actionees [plural]
Etymology: Etymology tree Old French aucionbor. Middle English accioun English action English -ee English actionee From action + -ee. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|action|-ee<id:object of action>|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree Old French aucionbor. Middle English accioun English action English -ee English actionee [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Old French", "term" : "aucion", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "fro" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "Middle English", "term" : "accioun", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "enm" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "action", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }, { "id" : "object of action", "children" : [ ], "status" : "missing", "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "-ee", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "actionee", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="actionee"> From action + -ee. Head templates: {{en-noun}} actionee (plural actionees)
  1. (management) The recipient of an action item; the person assigned responsibility for a specific task or issue.

Inflected forms

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