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destinatory

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

One who is the intended recipient of an action.

Examples

“The seeing consciousness of the actual observer or destinatory behaves as a master who wants to appropriate the art object, the text. As a matter⟳ of fact, it has every reason⟳ to behave so because the first dialectics—described in the preceding section—has found its mastery: to create⟳ a text, to create⟳ a work⟳ of art is from the outset to demand⟳ its hermeneutic reconstruction by a destinatory. […] that the receiver or observer (destinatory) can attain […]”
“[…] among the creditors of the destinatory. This, it need⟳ hardly be said, is an important point⟳. To produce⟳ all these results took a long time.”
“That bank-note belongs 'in equity' to the destinatories [sc. beneficiaries]. He pays it away as the price of shares in a company; those shares belong⟳ 'in equity' to the destinatories. He becomes bankrupt; those shares will not be part[…]”
“... the information as to the name⟳ or names of the ultimate recipients, destinatories, or consumers of the said goods, and of the port or ports of destination should be furnished to the customs authorities at the port of Calcutta.”

CEFR level

C1
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This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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