vendee

One who buys

A vendee is the person to whom something is sold—the buyer in a legal transaction.

The term appears almost exclusively in legal and real estate contexts, where precision about roles matters: The vendee shall inspect the property within thirty days.

The seller is the vendor.

legal

purchaser

One who buys something

assignee · acquirer · recipient · obligee · alienee · title holder

transaction

contract

Enforceable written agreement

  • closingFinal stage of something
  • escrowConditional third-party deposit
  • deedWritten property conveyance

title · signature · notary · negotiation · offer · acceptance · due diligence · earnest money · contingency · appraisal

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transaction role

vendeevendor

One who sells goods

seller · vender · merchant · hawker · peddler

Phrases
Family

vendor, vend, vending, vends, vended, vendible, vender, vending machine, vendibility

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