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receiver definition

re·ceiver (ri sē′vər)

noun

  1. a person who receives; specif.,
    1. one who officially receives money for others; collector or treasurer
    2. one who knowingly receives stolen goods for gain or concealment; fence
    3. Law one appointed by a court to administer or hold in trust property in bankruptcy or in a lawsuit
    4. Sports the player or team receiving or designated to receive the ball, service, etc.; esp., a football player designated to receive a forward pass
  2. a thing that receives; specif.,
    1. a receptacle; esp., a chemical receptacle connected with a retort, tube, etc., into which a distilled product passes
    2. an apparatus or device that converts incoming electromagnetic waves or electrical signals into audible or visual signals, as a radio or television receiving set, or that part of a telephone which is held to the ear

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Alternate definitions:

business receiver definition - business

law receiver definition - legal

telecom receiver definition - telecom

receiver Synonyms

receiver

n.

  1. One who receives

    recipient, consignee, customer, heir, beneficiary, grantee, acceptor, teller, collector, object, target, victim, subject, trustee, assignee, creditor, guinea pig*.

  2. A device for receiving

    telephone, handset, headphone, television, radio, receiving set, mission control, control center, detection device, listening device, bug*, transceiver*, hydrophone; see also radio 2.


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Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

receiver Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • appoint: Its main function is to appoint receivers who carry out the day to day management of the person's affairs.

Preposition: as

  • liquidator: The duty cannot be excluded and the official receiver as liquidator, receiver and manager or trustee may become subject to it.

Adjective modifier

  • official: The official receiver should write to the bankrupt to seek his consent to the charging order.

Modifies a noun

  • hitch: A number of name back in them custom receiver hitch cover the least be made into.

Noun used with modifier

  • gps: Even tho the price of handheld GPS receivers is falling I would still prefer not to have to replace mine just yet!

Possessives

  • remuneration: Remuneration 2.4 The court does not, however, fix the official receiver's remuneration.
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