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Someone who receives or collects something

heir

noun

someone who will receive money, property, or a title when another person dies

heir

noun

the next person to have a particular job or to continue someone’s work or ideas

beneficiary

noun

someone who gets money or other things from someone who has died

taker

noun

someone who accepts or wants something that is offered

inheritor

noun

someone who inherits something

taker

noun

someone who takes something

receiver

noun

someone who receives something from someone else

recipient

noun

someone who receives something

addressee

noun

the person that a letter or parcel is addressed to

magpie

noun

someone who likes to collect and keep things

cyberloafing

using the Internet where you work, during working hours, for activities which are not work-related

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show a bit of ankle

… to reveal a small part of your intentions in order to attract support, without actually committing yourself to doing anything

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