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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

RECE'IVER, n.
1. One who takes or receives in any manner.
2. An officer appointed to receive public money; a treasurer.
3. One who takes stolen goods from a thief, knowing them to be stolen, and incurs the guilt of partaking in the crime.
4. A vessel for receiving and containing the product of distillation.
5. The vessel of an air pump, for containing the thing on which an experiment is to be made.
6. One who partakes of the sacrament.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: set that receives radio or tv signals [syn: receiver, receiving system]
2: (law) a person (usually appointed by a court of law) who liquidates assets or preserves them for the benefit of affected parties [syn: liquidator, receiver]
3: earphone that converts electrical signals into sounds [syn: telephone receiver, receiver]
4: a person who receives something [syn: recipient, receiver]
5: the tennis player who receives the serve
6: a football player who catches (or is supposed to catch) a forward pass [syn: receiver, pass receiver, pass catcher]

Merriam Webster's

noun Date: 14th century one that receives: as a. treasurer b. (1) a person appointed to hold in trust and administer property under litigation (2) a person appointed to settle the affairs of a business involving a public interest or to manage a corporation during reorganization c. one that receives stolen goods ; fence d. a device for converting signals (as electromagnetic waves) into audio or visual form: as (1) a device in a telephone for converting electric impulses or varying current into sound (2) a radio receiver with a tuner and amplifier on one chassis e. (1) catcher (2) a member of the offensive team in football eligible to catch a forward pass

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. 1 a person or thing that receives. 2 the part of a machine or instrument that receives sound, signals, etc. (esp. the part of a telephone that contains the earpiece). 3 (in full official receiver) a person appointed by a court to administer the property of a bankrupt or insane person, or property under litigation. 4 a radio or television receiving apparatus. 5 a person who receives stolen goods. 6 Chem. a vessel for collecting the products of distillation, chromatography, etc.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Receiver Re*ceiv"er, n. (Firearms) In portable breech-loading firearms, the steel frame screwed to the breech end of the barrel, which receives the bolt or block, gives means of securing for firing, facilitates loading, and holds the ejector, cut-off, etc.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Receiver Re*ceiv"er, n. [Cf. F. receveur.] 1. One who takes or receives in any manner. 2. (Law) A person appointed, ordinarily by a court, to receive, and hold in trust, money or other property which is the subject of litigation, pending the suit; a person appointed to take charge of the estate and effects of a corporation, and to do other acts necessary to winding up its affairs, in certain cases. --Bouvier. 3. One who takes or buys stolen goods from a thief, knowing them to be stolen. --Blackstone. 4. (Chem.) (a) A vessel connected with an alembic, a retort, or the like, for receiving and condensing the product of distillation. (b) A vessel for receiving and containing gases. 5. (Pneumatics) The glass vessel in which the vacuum is produced, and the objects of experiment are put, in experiments with an air pump. Cf. Bell jar, and see Illust. of Air pump. 6. (Steam Engine) (a) A vessel for receiving the exhaust steam from the high-pressure cylinder before it enters the low-pressure cylinder, in a compound engine. (b) A capacious vessel for receiving steam from a distant boiler, and supplying it dry to an engine. 7. That portion of a telephonic apparatus, or similar system, at which the message is received and made audible; -- opposed to transmitter. Exhausted receiver (Physics), a receiver, as that used with the air pump, from which the air has been withdrawn; a vessel the interior of which is a more or less complete vacuum.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(receivers) 1. A telephone's receiver is the part that you hold near to your ear and speak into. N-COUNT 2. A receiver is the part of a radio or television that picks up signals and converts them into sound or pictures. Auto-tuning VHF receivers are now common in cars. N-COUNT 3. The receiver is someone who is appointed by a court of law to manage the affairs of a business, usually when it is facing financial failure. (BUSINESS) Between July and September, a total of 1,059 firms called in the receiver. N-COUNT: usu the N

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

re-sev'-er: Found in the King James Version (Isa 33:18); but the Revised Version (British and American) substitutes "he that weighed the tribute." The Hebrew is shoqel, which means "one who weighs," "a weigher."

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. 1. Recipient. 2. Receptacle.

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