actionee

actionee

English

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ-
Proto-Indo-European *-eti
Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵeti
Proto-Italic *agō
Latin agō
Latin āctum
Proto-Indo-European *-tis
Proto-Indo-European *-Hō
Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō
Proto-Italic *-tiō
Latin -tiō
Latin āctiō
Old French aucionbor.
Middle English accioun
English action
English -ee
English actionee

    From action + -ee.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ækʃənˈiː/

    Noun

    actionee (plural actionees)

    1. (management) The recipient of an action item; the person assigned responsibility for a specific task or issue.
      • 2000, Bruce Sherrington-Lucas, Ray Tricker, Karel Dobbelaere, Soka Gakkai: 2000 in Brief, page 57:
        "The Actionee shall identify the possible options to resolve the issue."

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