Receiver

Definitions

1. A person who receives.
   historical
2. An official whose job is to receive taxes or other monies; a tax collector, a treasurer.
   historical
3. A person who receives something in a general sense; a recipient.
4. A person who accepts stolen goods.
5. A person or company appointed to settle the affairs of an insolvent entity.
6. An offensive player who catches the ball after it has been passed.
7. A person who attempts to return the serve.
8. An item or apparatus that receives.
9. Something which receives some substance or object, in a general sense; a receptacle.
10. A vessel for receiving and holding the products of distillation, or for containing gases.
11. An airtight vessel from which air is pumped in order to form a vacuum.
    historical
12. The part of a firearm containing the action.
13. A vessel for receiving the exhaust steam from the high-pressure cylinder before it enters the low-pressure cylinder, in a compound steam engine.
    historical
14. Any of several electronic devices that receive electromagnetic waves, or signals transmitted as such.
15. The part of a telephone handset contained in the earpiece; (hence) the handset itself; an earpiece.
16. A swaption which gives its holder the option to enter into a swap in which they pay the floating leg and receive the fixed leg.

Equivalents

Examples

“I, the writer of this paper, have⟳ been, for some time, a chosen receiver of Begging Letters.”

“It took the name⟳ Midland & South Western Junction in 1884 and reached Cheltenham, with its M.R. connection, in 1891; but poverty continued - a receiver had been appointed in 1884.”

“A man can live⟳ in thick air, but perishes in an exhausted receiver.”

“The FCC says it decided to attempt⟳ standardization of VHF receivers after getting "thousands of complaints" from disgruntled boatmen who found their sets brought in mostly a lot of garble and static.”

“There they waited until after eleven, then Paulvitch took down the receiver of their telephone. He called a number⟳.”

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