actionee

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/ækʃənˈiː/

noun

The recipient of an action item; the person assigned responsibility for a specific task or issue.

OriginEnglish action ← Middle English accioun ← Old French aucion →
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Meanings

nounactionee (plural actionees)

plural actionees

  1. managementThe recipient of an action item; the person assigned responsibility for a specific task or issue.

    "The Actionee shall identify the possible options to resolve the issue."

    2000, Bruce Sherrington-Lucas, Ray Tricker, Karel Dobbelaere, Soka Gakkai: 2000 in Brief, page 57

Origin

  1. Old Frenchaucion
  2. Middle Englishaccioun
  3. Englishaction
  4. Englishactionee

From action + -ee.

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Anagrams

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APA

actionee. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/actionee

MLA

“actionee.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/actionee. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “actionee,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/actionee.

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