Definition of "promisee" [prom•is•ee]

• Law The party to which a promise is made. (noun)

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• "Also, recall that “efficiency” is in the eye of the beholder, and someone who wants to breach has a powerful incentive to misvalue the costs borne by the promisee."
• "Why should the promisee believe you, knowing that it may be to your advantage to renege?"
• "Where there is a third-party beneficiary, the standard rule is that duty can run to either the promisee or the third-paty beneficiary and either the promisee or the third-party has standing to sue to enforce the promise (Restatement (2d) section 305)."