# recipient

A sub property of participant. The participant who is at the receiving end of the action.

## Expected Types

| Type | Description |
|------|-------------|
| [Audience](https://schema.org.ai/Audience) | Intended audience for an item, i.e. the group for whom the item was created. |
| [ContactPoint](https://schema.org.ai/ContactPoint) | A contact point—for example, a Customer Complaints department. |
| [Organization](https://schema.org.ai/Organization) | An organization such as a school, NGO, corporation, club, etc. |
| [Person](https://schema.org.ai/Person) | A person (alive, dead, undead, or fictional). |

## Used on Types

| Type | Description |
|------|-------------|
| [AuthorizeAction](https://schema.org.ai/AuthorizeAction) | The act of granting permission to an object. |
| [CommunicateAction](https://schema.org.ai/CommunicateAction) | The act of conveying information to another person via a communication medium (instrument) such as speech, email, or telephone conversation. |
| [DonateAction](https://schema.org.ai/DonateAction) | The act of providing goods, services, or money without compensation, often for philanthropic reasons. |
| [GiveAction](https://schema.org.ai/GiveAction) | The act of transferring ownership of an object to a destination. Reciprocal of TakeAction. Related actions: [TakeAction](https://schema.org.ai/TakeAction): Reciprocal of GiveAction.; [SendAction](https://schema.org.ai/SendAction): Unlike SendAction, GiveAction implies that ownership is being transferred (e.g. I may send my laptop to you, but that doesn't mean I'm giving it to you). |
| [Message](https://schema.org.ai/Message) | A single message from a sender to one or more organizations or people. |
| [PayAction](https://schema.org.ai/PayAction) | An agent pays a price to a participant. |
| [ReturnAction](https://schema.org.ai/ReturnAction) | The act of returning to the origin that which was previously received (concrete objects) or taken (ownership). |
| [SendAction](https://schema.org.ai/SendAction) | The act of physically/electronically dispatching an object for transfer from an origin to a destination. Related actions: [ReceiveAction](https://schema.org.ai/ReceiveAction): The reciprocal of SendAction.; [GiveAction](https://schema.org.ai/GiveAction): Unlike GiveAction, SendAction does not imply the transfer of ownership (e.g. I can send you my laptop, but I'm not necessarily giving it to you). |
| [TipAction](https://schema.org.ai/TipAction) | The act of giving money voluntarily to a beneficiary in recognition of services rendered. |

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Quoted from Schema.org 30.1, https://schema.org/recipient, under CC BY-SA 3.0. Served by the Org.AI Foundation at https://schema.org.ai/recipient.