Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun One to whom something is delegated.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun In civil law, the assignee of a delegant; one to whom a debtor is assigned in satisfaction of another's debt. See delegant.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun Someone or something to which something is delegated.

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Examples

  • She did win NY and CA, and those were huge delegatee states, but even with those advantages she has lost by a wide delegate margin.

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  • Once you both know and understand what went wrong and where, turn the work back over to the delegatee and let her fix it on her own, giving her a deadline for when you will follow up again.

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  • This gradual approach keeps both delegatee and delegator from being overwhelmed.

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  • This also will make the delegatee feel confident that her concerns will be fully addressed.

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  • Did the delegatee focus on one part of the assignment at the expense of another?

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  • For long-term tasks, establish certain benchmarks and set appointments to review progress and answer questions to keep the delegatee from going astray, or the project from falling off your radar screen.

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  • To make sure you are prepared for the meeting, ask the delegatee to email you an agenda in advance so you can have answers or solutions to her questions or problems.

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  • This minimizes the amount of face time you have to carve out and is particularly effective in keeping abreast of progress and guiding the delegatee without having to look over his shoulder.

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  • First, to prevent sinking too much time into constantly correcting your delegatee, and second, to preserve his dignity.

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  • Also, by fixing things yourself, you are internally giving up on the delegatee and reinforcing your belief that you are the only one who can do the job.

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