assignor

Legal property transferor

An assignor is a person or entity that transfers rights, property, or interests to another party.

The term belongs to legal and business contexts: The assignor transferred the lease to a new tenant.

The recipient is the assignee.

Also spelled assigner, though assignor dominates in formal documents.

legal

grantor

One who transfers rights

licensor · lessor · bailor · consignor · endorser · franchisor · mortgagor · pledgor · obligor · delegator

property

grantor

One who transfers rights

lessor · licensor · deed · conveyance · transfer · alienation · quitclaim · warranty deed · encumbrance · lien

fiduciary

trustee

One managing another's assets

benefactor · donor · endower · fiduciary · power of attorney · proxy · principal · agent · representative · notarize

intellectual

patentee

Holder of invention rights

creator · licensing · royalties · license agreement · franchise · sublicense · rights holder · portfolio · registration

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assignorassignee

Recipient of transferred rights

recipient · transferee · grantee · beneficiary · receiver

Phrases
Family

assign, assignment, assigned, assigning, reassigned, reassign, assignation, assignee, unassigned

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