tippee means the recipient of a gratuity; somebody tipped off. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.
noun
- The recipient of a gratuity; somebody tipped off.“An 1890 article in The New York Times debated the ethics of tipping porters : “Tipping is objected to by austere and frugal American moralists upon the ground that it undermines the manhood and self-respect of the tippee.”
- A recipient of inside information.“If tippees trade on the information, knowing it was given improperly, they, too, can be found guilty of insider trading, says attorney Jared Kopel”