consignee

consignee
    n 1: the person to whom merchandise is delivered over
    

Consignee \Con`sign*ee"\ (?; 277), n. [F. consign?, p. p. of
   consigner.]
   The person to whom goods or other things are consigned; a
   factor; -- correlative to consignor.
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         Consigner and consignee are used by merchants to
         express generally the shipper of merchandise, and the
         person to whom it is addressed, by bill of lading or
         otherwise.                               --De Colange.
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CONSIGNEE, contracts. One to whom a consignment is made. 
     2. When the goods consigned to him are his own, and they have been 
ordered to be sent, they are at his risk the moment the consignment is made 
according to his direction; and the persons employed in the transmission of 
the goods are his agents. 1 Liverm. on Ag, 9. When the goods are not his 
own, if he accept the consignment, he is bound to pursue the instructions of 
the consignor; as if the goods be consigned upon condition that the 
consignee will accept the consignor's bills, he is bound to accept them; Id. 
139; or if he is directed to insure, he must do so. Id. 325. 
     3. It is usual in bills of lading to state that the goods are to be 
delivered to the consignee or his assigns, he or they paying freight; in 
such case the consignee or his assigns, by accepting the goods, by 
implication, become bound to pay the freight, Abbott on Sh. p. 3, c. 7, Sec. 
4; 3 Bing. R, 383. 
     4. When a person acts, publicly as a consignee, there is an implied 
engagement on his part that he will be vigilant in receiving goods consigned 
to his care, so as to make him responsible for any loss which the owner may 
sustain in consequence of his neglect. 9 Watts & Serg. 62. 
    

62 Moby Thesaurus words for "consignee":
      Federal, accepter, acquirer, addressee, agent, amanuensis,
      audience, auditor, baggage agent, beholder, business agent,
      claim agent, clerk, commercial agent, commission agent,
      customer agent, dupe, factor, fed, federal agent, freight agent,
      functionary, general agent, getter, hearer, holder, implement,
      instrument, insurance agent, land agent, law agent, listener,
      literary agent, loan agent, looker, news agent, obtainer, official,
      parliamentary agent, passenger agent, payee, press agent, procurer,
      puppet, purchasing agent, real estate agent, receiver, recipient,
      sales agent, secretary, special agent, spectator, station agent,
      steward, taker, theatrical agent, ticket agent, tool, travel agent,
      trustee, viewer, walking delegate