English Explanatory Dictionary

receiver

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A person who receives.
  2. An official whose job is to receive taxes or other monies; a tax collector, a treasurer.
  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.
  12. The part of a firearm containing the action.

Pronunciation

/ɹəˈsi.vɚ/ /ɹɪˈsiː.və/ en-us-receiver.ogg

Word forms

receiver receivers

Etymology

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

Synonyms

insolvency administrator insolvency practitioner liquidator administrator court administrator trustee in bankruptcy

Antonyms

transmitter

Derived words

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

Translations

Afrikaans: ontvanger Albanian: marrës Albanian: marrëse Arabic: مُسْتَلِم Arabic: مُسْتَلِمَة Armenian: ստացող Azerbaijani: alıcı Azerbaijani: qəbuledici Belarusian: атрыма́льнік Belarusian: атрыма́льніца Belarusian: атрыма́ч Belarusian: атрыма́чка Belarusian: прыёмнік Bulgarian: получа́тел Bulgarian: получа́телка Bulgarian: прие́мник Bulgarian: посреща́ч Burmese: လက်ခံသူ Chinese Mandarin: 收件人 Czech: příjemce Czech: příjemkyně Czech: adresát Czech: adresátka Czech: přijímač Danish: modtager Dutch: ontvanger Dutch: ontvangster Estonian: saaja Finnish: vastaanottaja Finnish: saaja Finnish: selvitysmies Finnish: vastaanotin French: destinataire Georgian: მიმღები German: Empfänger German: Empfängerin Greek: αποδέκτης Greek: παραλήπτης Hindi: प्राप्तकर्ता Hindi: लाभार्थी Hindi: आदाता Hindi: ग्रहीता Hungarian: átvevő Hungarian: címzett Hungarian: fogadó fél Hungarian: vagyonkezelő Hungarian: gondnok Hungarian: meghatalmazott Hungarian: rádióvevő Icelandic: móttakandi Indonesian: penerima Japanese: 受取人 Kazakh: алушы Kazakh: қабылдаушы Khmer: អ្នកទទួល Korean: 수취인 Korean: 받는 사람 Korean: 수신인 Northern Kurdish: wergir Kyrgyz: алуучу Lao: ຜູ້ຮັບ Latvian: saņēmējs Latvian: saņēmēja Lithuanian: gavėjas Lithuanian: gavėja Macedonian: примател Macedonian: примателка Macedonian: примач Macedonian: примачка Malay: penerima Middle English: receyvour Mongolian: хүлээн авагч Norwegian Bokmål: mottaker Iranian Persian: گیرَنْدِه Polish: odbiorca Polish: odbiorczyni Polish: biorca Polish: odbiornik Portuguese: destinatário Portuguese: recebedor Romanian: destinatar Romanian: destinatară
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