drawee

n.
The party on which an order for the payment of money is drawn.

One whom a Bill of Exchange or a check directs to pay to another a specified sum of money. In the typical checking account situation, the bank is the drawee, the person writing the check is the Maker or Drawer, and the person to whom the check is written is the Payee. See also Bill; Draft.

This entry contains information applicable to United States law only.

A person or bank that is ordered by its depositor, a drawer, to withdraw money from an account to pay a designated sum to a person according to the terms of a check or a draft.

See: commercial paper.

Dansk (Danish)
n. - trassat

Nederlands (Dutch)
degene waarop een wissel is getrokken, betrokkene

Français (French)
n. - accepteur, (Fin) tiré

Deutsch (German)
n. - Bezogener, Trassat

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (οικον.) αποδέκτης τραβηκτικής, ταχυδρομικής επιταγής ή συναλλαγματικής

Italiano (Italian)
trattario

Português (Portuguese)
n. - sacado (m)

Русский (Russian)
плательщик, трассат

Español (Spanish)
n. - aceptante

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - hand. trassat

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
付款人

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 付款人

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 어음 수취인

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 手形名宛人

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) المسحوب عليه, المحول عليه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮האדם שהשטר או החשבון נזקף לחובתו‬

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