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receiver en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ɹəˈsi.vɚ/ (General-American)
  • /ɹɪˈsiː.və/ (UK)
  • (US) audio

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English receyvour, from Anglo-Norman receverre, receivour et al., later also reformed as receive + -er. Compare recevor, rescaivour.

Meanings

  1. (historical) A person who receives. ▸ An official whose job is to receive taxes or other monies; a tax collector, a treasurer.
  2. A person who receives. ▸ A person who receives something in a general sense; a recipient.
    • I, the writer of this paper, have been, for some time, a chosen receiver of Begging Letters. 1850, Charles Dickens, “The Begging-Letter Writer”, in Household Words:
  3. A person who receives. ▸ A person who accepts stolen goods.
  4. A person who receives. ▸ A person or company appointed to settle the affairs of an insolvent entity.
    • 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. 1961 October, “Talking of Trains: Last of the M.S.W.J.R.”, in Trains Illustrated, page 585:
    • This was the West Lancashire Railway, an ambitious but feckless little concern which, in a life lasting a quarter of a century, never earned a dividend, failed to keep up its debenture payments (despite a dangerous attempt to do so by issuing more debentures) and ended up in the hands of a receiver. 1960 March 14, M. D. Greville and G. O. Holt, “Railway Development in Preston—2”, in Railway Magazine, page 201:
  5. A person who receives. ▸ An offensive player who catches the ball after it has been passed.
  6. A person who receives. ▸ A person who attempts to return the serve.
  7. An item or apparatus that receives. ▸ Something which receives some substance or object, in a general sense; a receptacle.
  8. An item or apparatus that receives. ▸ A vessel for receiving and holding the products of distillation, or for containing gases.
  9. (historical) An item or apparatus that receives. ▸ An airtight vessel from which air is pumped in order to form a vacuum.
    • A man can live in thick air, but perishes in an exhausted receiver. 1791, James Boswell, Life of Johnson, Oxford, published 2008, page 839:
  10. An item or apparatus that receives. ▸ The part of a firearm containing the action.
  11. (historical) An item or apparatus that receives. ▸ A vessel for receiving the exhaust steam from the high-pressure cylinder before it enters the low-pressure cylinder, in a compound steam engine.
  12. An item or apparatus that receives. ▸ Any of several electronic devices that receive electromagnetic waves, or signals transmitted as such.
    • 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. 1976, Boating (volume 40, numbers 1-2, page 152)
  13. An item or apparatus that receives. ▸ The part of a telephone handset contained in the earpiece; (hence) the handset itself; an earpiece.
    • There they waited until after eleven, then Paulvitch took down the receiver of their telephone. He called a number. 1913 June–December, Edgar Rice Burroughs, “The Plot That Failed”, in The Return of Tarzan, New York, N.Y.: A[lbert] L[evi] Burt Company, […], published March 1915, →OCLC, page 60:
  14. An item or apparatus that receives. ▸ 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.

Forms

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Antonyms

transmitter

Coordinates

transmitter-receiver (electronic device that receives signals and converts them into sound or vision) · transceiver (electronic device that receives signals and converts them into sound or vision)

Deriveds

television receiver · first receiver · receivership · supersonic heterodyne receiver · RAKE receiver · exhausted receiver · Ader receiver · spoon receiver · receiver-general · watch receiver · crystal radio receiver · superheterodyne receiver · rake receiver · phosphoreceiver · cat's whisker receiver · multireceiver · receiverless · photoreceiver · wide receiver · GPS receiver · telereceiver

Synonyms

insolvency administrator · liquidator · administrator · court administrator · trustee in bankruptcy · insolvency practitioner

Translations (238)

sv hälare (person who accepts stolen goods) · nb mottaker (person who receives) · rsk примач (electronic device that receives and converts signal) · ru приёмник (electronic device that receives and converts signal) · eo aŭskultilo (telephone handset) · fi vastaanotin (electronic device) · az qəbuledici (electronic device) · sh stečajni upravitelj (person appointed to settle financial affairs) · sk slúchadlo (telephone handset) · de Empfänger (person who receives) · sh стечајни управитељ (person appointed to settle financial affairs) · el αποδέκτης (person who receives) · it ricettatore (person who accepts stolen goods) · hy ստացող (person who receives) · hu meghatalmazott (trustee) · hu csődbiztos (person appointed to settle financial affairs) · ja 受取人 (person who receives) · th หูโทรศัพท์ (telephone handset) · fr receveur (person appointed to settle financial affairs) · hu csődgondnok (person appointed to settle financial affairs) · hu vagyonfelügyelő (person appointed to settle financial affairs) · fr récepteur (electronic device) · hu vevőkészülék (electronic device) · gl receptor (electronic device) · pl odbiorca (person who receives) · af gehoorstuk (telephone handset) · hu telefonkagyló (telephone handset) · hi प्राप्तकर्ता (person who receives) · hu orgazda (person who accepts stolen goods) · fi välittäjä (vessel in a compound steam engine) · nb heler (person who accepts stolen goods) · mk примателка (person who receives) · csb słëchôwka (telephone handset) · lv saņēmējs (person who receives) · enm receyvour (person who receives) · sk príjemkyňa (person who receives) · et saaja (person who receives) · fi luuri (telephone handset) · sk prijímač (electronic device) · sh приматѐљица (person who receives) · el ακουστικό (telephone handset) · uk слу́хавка (telephone handset) · uz priyomnik (electronic device that receives and converts signal) · wa riceleu (person who accepts stolen goods) · el κλεπταποδόχος (person who accepts stolen goods) · oc receptor (electronic device) · tk trubka (telephone handset) · ar مُسْتَلِم (person who receives) · kk қабылдаушы (person who receives) · pl odbiorczyni (person who receives) · cmn 聽筒 /听筒 (telephone handset) · hu elkapó játékos (in American football) · be тру́бка (telephone handset) · ko 받는 사람 (person who receives) · be прыёмнік (electronic device that receives and converts signal) · ga glacadóir (telephone handset) · da telefonrør (telephone handset) · ru телефо́нная тру́бка (telephone handset) · cs přijímač (electronic device that receives and converts signal) · lo ຜູ້ຮັບ (person who receives) · ru получа́тельница (person who receives) · hi आदाता (person who receives) · sq marrëse (person who receives) · tg гӯшак (telephone handset) · tg гиранда (person who receives) · hu rádióvevő (electronic device that receives and converts signal) · uk оде́ржувач (person who receives) · cs sluchátko (telephone handset) · bg прие́мник (electronic device) · ar رَادِيُو (electronic device) · ko 수신인 (person who receives) · bg резервоа́р (element of system) · ja 受信機 (electronic device) · fi luukuttaja (person who accepts stolen goods) · ar مُسْتَلِمَة (person who receives) · hu címzett (person who receives) · hu felszámolóbiztos (person appointed to settle financial affairs) · th ผู้รับ (person who receives) · kk қабылдауыш (electronic device) · hi रिसीवर (telephone handset) · ko 수신기 (electronic device) · pt receptador (person who accepts stolen goods) · pt destinatário (person who receives) · ja 受話器 (telephone handset) · cmn 收音機 /收音机 (electronic device) · uk прийма́ч (electronic device) · kmr wergir (person who receives) · sv mottagare (person who receives) · tr ahize (telephone handset) · lt gavėja (person who receives) · bg посреща́ч (in tennis) · my လက်ခံသူ (person who receives) · uz trubka (telephone handset) · km អ្នកទទួល (person who receives) · be атрыма́ч (person who receives) · mi kawereo (electronic device that receives and converts signal) · cs adresátka (person who receives) · ga glacadóir (person appointed to settle financial affairs) · mi kawereo (telephone handset) · sl stečajni upravitelj (person appointed to settle financial affairs) · be атрыма́чка (person who receives) · fi kuuloke (telephone handset) · fi vastaanotin (electronic device that receives and converts signal) · hi लाभार्थी (person who receives) · mk примач (person who receives) · nl curator (person appointed to settle financial affairs) · vi ống điện thoại (telephone handset) · el δέκτης (electronic device) · fi vastaanottaja (in tennis) · tr alıcı (person who receives) · ro destinatar (person who receives) · bg слуша́лка (telephone handset) · pl biorca (person who receives) · da modtager (person who receives) · cs příjemce (person who receives) · nl ontvangster (person who receives) · mk примател (person who receives) · uk оде́ржувачка (person who receives) · az qəbuledici (electronic device that receives and converts signal) · fa-ira گوشی (telephone handset) · mk приемник (electronic device) · sl prejemnik (person who receives) · uk тру́бка (telephone handset) · vi máy thu thanh (electronic device that receives and converts signal) · cs přijímač (electronic device) · sh слу̏шалица (telephone handset) · ga glacadóir (person who accepts stolen goods) · uz oluvchi (person who receives) · be слу́хаўка (telephone handset) · fi laatikko (part of a firearm containing the action) · tt алучы (person who receives) · hu gyűjtőtartály (vessel in a compound steam engine) · fi resiiveri (vessel in a compound steam engine) · pt receptor (electronic device) · ca receptor (electronic device) · hu gondnok (trustee) · el παραλήπτης (person who receives) · fi selvitysmies (trustee) · pl odbiornik (electronic device that receives and converts signal) · fi vastin (element of system) · pt recebedor (person who receives) · fi saaja (person who receives) · tk alyjy (person who receives) · kk алушы (person who receives) · de Insolvenzverwalter (person appointed to settle financial affairs) · lo ຫູໂທລະສັບ (telephone handset) · el φοροεισπράκτορας (person appointed to settle financial affairs) · la cūrātor bonōrum (person appointed to settle financial affairs) · fr receleur (person who accepts stolen goods) · ms penerima (person who receives) · vi ống nghe (telephone handset) · fi vastaanottaja (person who receives) · lv saņēmēja (person who receives) · cmn 話筒 /话筒 (telephone handset) · ru ко́нкурсный управля́ющий (person appointed to settle financial affairs) · th เครื่องรับวิทยุ (electronic device that receives and converts signal) · es destinatario (person who receives) · ar مِذْيَاع (electronic device) · sh slȕšalica (telephone handset) · pl słuchawka (telephone handset) · da hæler (person who accepts stolen goods) · it cornetta (electronic device) · fa-ira گیرَنْدِه (person who receives) · hu csődtömeggondnok (person appointed to settle financial affairs) · uk прийма́ч (electronic device that receives and converts signal) · de Empfängerin (person who receives) · de Empfangsgerät (electronic device) · hu átvevő (person who receives) · sq marrës (person who receives) · bg прие́мник (electronic device that receives and converts signal) · fi lukonkehys (part of a firearm containing the action) · mk слушалка (telephone handset) · de Konkursverwalter (person appointed to settle financial affairs) · sv mottagare (electronic device) · hu fogadó fél (person who receives) · bg получа́телка (person who receives) · fr destinataire (person who receives) · be атрыма́льнік (person who receives) · fr écouteur (telephone handset) · nb mottaker (electronic device) · ko 수화기 (telephone handset) · ko 수취인 (person who receives) · lt gavėjas (person who receives) · cs adresát (person who receives) · nl hoorn (telephone handset) · be атрыма́льніца (person who receives) · he מַקְלֵט (electronic device) · sh прѝматељ (person who receives) · vi người nhận (person who receives) · sh primatèljica (person who receives) · hu fogadójátékos (in American football) · fi pesänhoitaja (person appointed to settle financial affairs) · hi ग्रहीता (person who receives) · cs příjemkyně (person who receives) · is móttakandi (person who receives) · sl prejemnica (person who receives) · tg гӯшаки телефон (telephone handset) · ga gabhdán ((chemistry) vessel for receiving and holding the products of distillation, or for containing gases) · enm recettour (person who accepts stolen goods) · de Empfänger (electronic device) · sv telefonlur (telephone handset) · sl slušalka (telephone handset) · sh prìmatelj (person who receives) · mk примачка (person who receives) · ga glacadán (telephone handset) · ka მიმღები (person who receives) · ky алуучу (person who receives) · es recibidor (person who receives) · sv konkursförvaltare (person appointed to settle financial affairs) · fi laitahyökkääjä (in American football) · da modtager (electronic device that receives and converts signal) · ka მიმღები (electronic device) · pl odbiornik (electronic device) · ru тру́бка (telephone handset) · af ontvanger (person who receives) · az alıcı (person who receives) · da modtager (electronic device) · he כונס נכסים (person appointed to settle financial affairs) · ar سَمَّاعَة (telephone handset) · bg получа́тел (person who receives) · ur وُصُول کُنِنْدَہ (person who receives) · cmn 收件人 (person who receives) · de Hehler (person who accepts stolen goods) · mn хүлээн авагч (person who receives) · nl ontvanger (person who receives) · ru получа́тель (person who receives) · sk prijímač (electronic device that receives and converts signal) · eo aŭdilo (telephone handset) · id penerima (person who receives) · cmn 受話器 /受话器 (telephone handset) · hu vagyonkezelő (trustee) · de Hörer (telephone handset) · be прыёмнік (electronic device) · ru приёмник (electronic device) · vi ống nói (telephone handset) · ro destinatară (person who receives) · sk príjemca (person who receives) · sv lur (telephone handset)