consignees
Goods delivery targets
Consignees are the people or businesses to whom goods are shipped or delivered.
In shipping and logistics, the consignee is named on the bill of lading as the intended recipient: The consignee refused delivery due to damaged packaging.
The term appears in legal and commercial contexts more than everyday speech.
Those who accept transmissions
- addresseesIntended message receivers
- waybillCarrier's shipment instruction sheet
- manifestClearly apparent or displayed
- trackingMonitoring location over time
Recipients of delegated duties
- granteesRecipients of funds
- transfereesThose receiving something passed
- beneficiariesThose who receive advantages
- liabilityLegal or financial obligation
Those who bring in foreign goods
- exportersSellers to foreign countries
- buyersThose who obtain goods
- merchantsThose who conduct commerce
- tradersProfessional buyers and sellers
wholesalers · distributors · retailers · purchasers · dealers · brokers · vendors · clients
receivers
Those who accept transmissions
- addresseesIntended message receivers
- waybillCarrier's shipment instruction sheet
- manifestClearly apparent or displayed
assignees
Recipients of delegated duties
- granteesRecipients of funds
- transfereesThose receiving something passed
- beneficiariesThose who receive advantages
importers
Those who bring in foreign goods
- exportersSellers to foreign countries
- buyersThose who obtain goods
- merchantsThose who conduct commerce
traders · wholesalers · distributors · retailers · purchasers · dealers · brokers · vendors · clients · customers
- truckingsemi, 18-wheeler, trucks, truckers, big rig
- tradetrade balance, free trade, trade barriers, customs, trade deficit
- intermediariesmiddleman, middlemen, go-between, go-betweens, broker
- slaversslave traders, slave owners, slaveholders, enslavers, traffickers
consigneesconsignors
Those entrusting goods for delivery
shippers · senders · dispatchers · exporters · forwarders
consigneesconsignors
Those entrusting goods for delivery
vendors · sellers · suppliers · distributors · wholesalers