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A person who answers the questions posed by a questionnaire.

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Individual who participates as a subject and provides information in a poll, study, or other research-gathering service.

Bank that regularly buys check processing and other services from a Correspondent bank. Also known as a downstream bank. Purchased services can include securities clearing and trading, check processing, and foreign exchange trading. A respondent bank, which usually is a community bank, may also maintain its Reserve Account in a Pass-Through Account at a correspondent, or sell participations in loans exceeding its legal lending limit, or buy participations in loans originated by other banks.

noun

A person against whom an action is brought: Law accused, defendant. See law.

A person who completes a questionnaire.

This entry contains information applicable to United States law only.

In equity practice, the party who answers a bill or other proceeding in equity. The party against whom an appeal or motion, an application for a court order, is instituted and who is required to answer in order to protect his or her interests.

An animal that responds to a particular stimulus.

• r. behavior — reflex responses elicited by stimuli; generally not under voluntary control.
• r. conditioning — see classical conditioning.

For a list of words related to respondent, see:

• Judges, Lawyers, and Others in the Court System - respondent: defendant in certain proceedings; one required to answer appeal from judgment; party replying to petition

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See words rhyming with "respondent."

Dansk (Danish)
n. - indstævnte, svarperson
adj. - svarende, svar-, indstævnt

Nederlands (Dutch)
antwoordend, degene die antwoord, gedaagde

Français (French)
n. - personne interrogée
adj. - (Jur) défendeur

Deutsch (German)
n. - Beklagter, Scheidungsbeklagter
adj. - antwortend, beklagt, reagierend

Ελληνική (Greek)
n., -
adj. - συνεναγόμενος (διαζυγίου)

Italiano (Italian)
rispondente, convenuto

Português (Portuguese)
n. - respondedor (m)
adj. - respondente

Русский (Russian)
респондент, ответчик (в суде), отвечающий

Español (Spanish)
n. - demandado, apelado, que responde
adj. - demandado, apelado, que responde

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - respondent, svarande
adj. - (jur) svars-

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
应答者, 论文答辩人, 被告, 回答的, 感应的, 应答的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 應答者, 論文答辯人, 被告
adj. - 回答的, 感應的, 應答的

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 응답자, 회답자
adj. - 대답하는, 감응하는

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 応ずる, 返答する
n. - 応答者, 被告

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) المدعى عليه (صفه) المستجيب, مجيب‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮משיב תשובה בוויכוח, נתבע במשפט‬
adj. - ‮משיב, נענה, נתבע, אחראי‬

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