Beneficiary vs. Legatee

Beneficiarynoun

One who benefits or receives an advantage.

Beneficiarynoun

(legal) One who benefits from the distribution, especially of an estate.

Beneficiarynoun

(insurance) One who benefits from the payout of an insurance policy.

Beneficiaryadjective

Bestowed as a gratuity.

Beneficiaryadjective

Holding some office or valuable possession, in subordination to another; holding under a feudal or other superior; having a dependent and secondary possession.

Beneficiaryadjective

Bestowed as a gratuity; as, beneficiary gifts.

Beneficiarynoun

A feudatory or vassal; hence, one who holds a benefice and uses its proceeds.

Beneficiarynoun

One who receives anything as a gift; one who receives a benefit or advantage; esp. one who receives help or income from an educational fund or a trust estate.

Beneficiarynoun

the recipient of funds or other benefits

Beneficiarynoun

the semantic role of the intended recipient who benefits from the happening denoted by the verb in the clause

Beneficiaryadjective

having or arising from a benefice;

Beneficiary

A beneficiary (also, in trust law, cestui que use) in the broadest sense is a natural person or other legal entity who receives money or other benefits from a benefactor. For example, the beneficiary of a life insurance policy is the person who receives the payment of the amount of insurance after the death of the insured.

Legateenoun

(legal) One who receives a legacy.

Legateenoun

One to whom a legacy is bequeathed.

Legateenoun

someone to whom a legacy is bequeathed

Legatee

A legatee, in the law of wills, is any individual or organization bequeathed any portion of a testator's estate.