What is "consignees"

Usage examples of "consignees".

Can it be stipulated that the majority of inhabitants of Earth's major satellite are not undischarged consignees but free individuals?

Can it be stipulated that the majority of inhabitants of Earth’s major satellite are not undischarged consignees but free individuals?

They feared that he was going to lose his temper when told of the engineer's cargo pillaging, but he only remarked, in a dry voice, "I guess that the consignees can afford to compensate us for our time and trouble.

But if the Captain had decided that the laborer was worthy of his hire, with the consignees of the cargo making their contribution toward that hire, that was his privilege .