"payee" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "From pay + -ee (“object of action”).",
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      "form": "payees",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
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        },
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      "glosses": [
        "one to whom money is paid."
      ],
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          "one",
          "one"
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          "whom",
          "whom"
        ],
        [
          "money",
          "money"
        ],
        [
          "paid",
          "paid"
        ]
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      "translations": [
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          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "polučatel na pari",
          "sense": "One to whom money is paid",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "получател на пари"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "shòukuǎnrén",
          "sense": "One to whom money is paid",
          "word": "受款人"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "shōukuǎnrén",
          "sense": "One to whom money is paid",
          "word": "收款人"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "One to whom money is paid",
          "word": "領款人"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "lǐngkuǎnrén",
          "sense": "One to whom money is paid",
          "word": "领款人"
        },
        {
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "One to whom money is paid",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "příjemce"
        },
        {
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "One to whom money is paid",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "adresát"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "One to whom money is paid",
          "word": "saaja"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "One to whom money is paid",
          "word": "maksettava"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "One to whom money is paid",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Zahlungsempfänger"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "One to whom money is paid",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "beneficiario"
        },
        {
          "alt": "うけとりにん",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "uketorinin",
          "sense": "One to whom money is paid",
          "word": "受取人"
        },
        {
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "One to whom money is paid",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "betalingsmottaker"
        },
        {
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "One to whom money is paid",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "betalingsmottager"
        },
        {
          "code": "nn",
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "sense": "One to whom money is paid",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "betalingsmottakar"
        },
        {
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "One to whom money is paid",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "beneficiar"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "One to whom money is paid",
          "word": "beneficiario"
        }
      ]
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  "word": "payee"
}

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    {
      "word": "payer"
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      "name": "suffix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From pay + -ee (“object of action”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "payees",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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          "paid",
          "paid"
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    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "polučatel na pari",
      "sense": "One to whom money is paid",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "получател на пари"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "shòukuǎnrén",
      "sense": "One to whom money is paid",
      "word": "受款人"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "shōukuǎnrén",
      "sense": "One to whom money is paid",
      "word": "收款人"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "One to whom money is paid",
      "word": "領款人"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "lǐngkuǎnrén",
      "sense": "One to whom money is paid",
      "word": "领款人"
    },
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      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "One to whom money is paid",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "příjemce"
    },
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      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "One to whom money is paid",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "adresát"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "One to whom money is paid",
      "word": "saaja"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "One to whom money is paid",
      "word": "maksettava"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "One to whom money is paid",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Zahlungsempfänger"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "One to whom money is paid",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "beneficiario"
    },
    {
      "alt": "うけとりにん",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "uketorinin",
      "sense": "One to whom money is paid",
      "word": "受取人"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "One to whom money is paid",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "betalingsmottaker"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "One to whom money is paid",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "betalingsmottager"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "One to whom money is paid",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "betalingsmottakar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "One to whom money is paid",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "beneficiar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "One to whom money is paid",
      "word": "beneficiario"
    }
  ],
  "word": "payee"
}