Alieners

Part of speech: noun

Definitions

1. Individuals or entities who transfer ownership or rights of property or goods to another party
2. Those who legally convey or relinquish control over assets or belongings to someone else
3. Persons responsible for passing title or possession of tangible or intangible items from one owner to another

Etymology: "Alieners" is simply the plural of "aliener", a noun for a person who transfers ownership of property or rights to someone else. The word is built from the verb "alien", which in legal English means to transfer title to something, and the agent suffix "-er", which marks the person doing the action. Its meaning sits close to the older legal sense of "alien" as "to make another's", so an aliener is, in effect, the one who makes a thing belong to someone else.

Synonyms: transferors, conveyors, sellers

Antonyms: acquirers, buyers