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# promisee

«promisee» in Mova's school dictionary: **made; the one who will receive what was promised** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (a promisee, promisees) — law, rare

### meaning for a pupil

(law, formal) The person to whom a promise is made; the one who will receive what was promised. The person who makes the promise is the «promisor». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/promisee/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

It is a legal word found in contracts and law books; in everyday life we just say «the person you promised». In ethics lessons it helps talk about who is owed a promise. Phrases: «the promisor and the promisee».

### examples

- If I promise to give you my bike, you are the promisee. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/promisee/#x1)
- The promisee can ask a court for help if a contract is broken. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/promisee/#x2)
- In the contract, the shop is the promisor and the customer is the promisee. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/promisee/#x3)
- A promisee trusts that the promise will be kept. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/promisee/#x4)
- Lawyers use the word promisee, but children just say «the one I promised». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/promisee/#x5)

### note

Rare and legal. The ending -ee marks the person who receives (like employee, trainee, payee); -or or -er marks the person who does (promisor, employer). Stress: prom-i-SEE.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «promisee» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/promisee/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.