Meaning of Receiver | Babel Free

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.

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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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