# What is a beneficiary?

**URL:** https://community.rapyd.net/t/what-is-a-beneficiary/73
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**Tags:** kb-article, disburse-api
**Created:** [March 23, 2021, 6:50pm UTC](https://community.rapyd.net/t/what-is-a-beneficiary/73 "2021-03-23T18:50:15Z")
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### Author: ![drew.harris](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/community.rapyd.net/drew.harris/32/1259_2.png) [@drew.harris](https://community.rapyd.net/u/drew.harris)
#### Post date: [March 23, 2021, 6:50pm UTC](https://community.rapyd.net/t/what-is-a-beneficiary/73/1 "2021-03-23T18:50:15Z")

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What is a beneficiary?

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### Author: ![drew.harris](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/community.rapyd.net/drew.harris/32/1259_2.png) [@drew.harris](https://community.rapyd.net/u/drew.harris)
#### Post date: [March 23, 2021, 6:50pm UTC](https://community.rapyd.net/t/what-is-a-beneficiary/73/2 "2021-03-23T18:50:27Z")

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Beneficiaries are the receivers at the other end of the payout or disbursement. For example, Uber disburses funds to thousands of individual beneficiaries.

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### Author: ![Om\_Divyatej](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/community.rapyd.net/om_divyatej/32/989_2.png) [@Om\_Divyatej](https://community.rapyd.net/u/Om_Divyatej)
#### Post date: [June 27, 2021, 7:59am UTC](https://community.rapyd.net/t/what-is-a-beneficiary/73/3 "2021-06-27T07:59:59Z")

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then Uber is a sender here right?

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### Author: ![CharlesDorsett](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/community.rapyd.net/charlesdorsett/32/47_2.png) [@CharlesDorsett](https://community.rapyd.net/u/CharlesDorsett)
#### Post date: [June 27, 2021, 8:50am UTC](https://community.rapyd.net/t/what-is-a-beneficiary/73/4 "2021-06-27T08:50:08Z")

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Yes, exactly. See [Create Payout](https://docs.rapyd.net/build-with-rapyd/reference/payout-object#create-payout).
