See Also: destination(dictionary)
destination(dictionary)
Destination(tourism)
DESTINATION, com(law)
Destination marketing(tourism)
Destination Control Statement(money)
Origin and destination traffic(tourism)
Destination & Delivery Charges - Motor Sports(gambling)

destination (iou)



destination noun. LME.
[Old & mod. French, or Latin destinatio(n-), from destinat- pa. ppl stem of destinare: see DESTINE, -ATION.]
I.
The action of appointing or intending a person or thing for a particular end or purpose; the fact of being so appointed or intended. Now rare. LME.
The end or purpose for which a person or thing is destined. M17.
The fact of being destined or bound for a particular place. Chiefly in place of destination etc. (= sense 4 below). L18.
The place to which a person or thing is going, the intended end of a journey. E19.
K. M. E. Murray After a much delayed railway journey they reached their destination nearly eleven hours after leaving Oxford.
II.
Scots Law. The nomination by the testator of successors to heritable or movable property in a certain order; the series of heirs so nominated. E18.