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: one to whom money is or is to be paid
The payee must endorse the back of the check.
Examples of payee in a Sentence
The payee must endorse the back of the check.
Recent Examples on the Web
The payees ranged from China to Saudi Arabia to the Democratic Republic of Congo.
—Farnoush Amiri, Twin Cities, 21 May 2024
Evelyn’s travel documents to New Mexico list the coalition as the payee.
—Amber Ferguson, Washington Post, 6 Apr. 2024
Some scammers don't change the amount on the check but will change the payee.
—Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press, 28 Mar. 2024
Representative payee — a person or organization who is approved by the Social Security Administration to manage an individual's Social Security or Supplemental Security Income benefits.
—Jonathan Franklin, NPR, 1 Mar. 2024
Also, check washers can remove all the writing from your checks except for the signature, so just filling out the payee line won’t prevent fraud.
—Liz Weston, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Jan. 2024
So companies that tailor payment options to the diverse needs of their payees have an edge.
—First Horizon Bank, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2023
Only the name of the payee was altered on one of the checks, while on the other, the payee was altered, as was the check’s amount, from $415.80 to $1,704.95.
—cleveland, 23 Aug. 2023
The most common type of check fraud is what’s known as check washing, where a criminal steals the check from the mail and proceeds to change the payee’s name on the check and, additionally, the amount of money.
—Ken Sweet, Fortune, 13 June 2023
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Word History
First Known Use
1758, in the meaning defined above
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Cite this Entry
“Payee.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/payee. Accessed 13 Jun. 2024.
Kids Definition
payee
noun
pay·ee
pā-ˈē
: one to whom money is paid or is to be paid
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