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Definition receiver

Etymology

From Middle English recevere, receyvere, equivalent to receive +‎ -er. Compare Anglo-Norman receivour, recevor, rescaivour.

Noun

receiver (plural receivers)

1. A person who or thing that receives or is intended to receive something. More formal, usually referring to one who receives such things as an award or medal.
   1. A trustee appointed to hold and administer property involved in litigation.
   2. A person appointed to settle the affairs of an insolvent entity.
   3. A tax collector.
   4. A person who accepts stolen goods.
   5. Any of several electronic devices that receive signals and convert them into sound or vision.
      1. A telephone handset.
      2. A smartphone earpiece.
   6. (American football) An offensive player who catches the ball after it has been passed.
   7. (tennis) A person who attempts to return the ball after it has been served.
   8. An element of a mechanical or other system or device designed to accept another element.
      1. (firearms) The part of a firearm containing the action.
      2. A vessel for receiving the exhaust steam from the high-pressure cylinder before it enters the low-pressure cylinder, in a compound steam engine.
      3. A capacious vessel for receiving steam from a distant boiler, and supplying it dry to an engine.
      4. (chemistry) A vessel for receiving and holding the products of distillation, or for containing gases.
      5. (chemistry) The glass vessel of an air pump in which the vacuum is formed.
   9. (finance) 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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