Definitions for Receiver
rɪˈsi vərre·ceiv·er

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:3.5 / 4 votes

1. receiver, receiving systemnoun

   set that receives radio or tv signals

2. liquidator, receivernoun

   (law) a person (usually appointed by a court of law) who liquidates assets or preserves them for the benefit of affected parties

3. telephone receiver, receivernoun

   earphone that converts electrical signals into sounds

4. recipient, receivernoun

   a person who receives something

5. receivernoun

   the tennis player who receives the serve

6. receiver, pass receiver, pass catchernoun

   a football player who catches (or is supposed to catch) a forward pass

WiktionaryRate this definition:3.0 / 2 votes

1. receivernoun

   A person who receives something.

2. receivernoun

   A person who acts as trustee for a bankrupt.

3. receivernoun

   A person who accepts stolen goods.

4. receivernoun

   A telephone handset.

5. receivernoun

   (football) A person who accepts the ball after it has been passed.

6. receivernoun

   (tennis) A person who attempts to return the ball after it has been served.

7. receivernoun

   Any of several electronic devices that receives signals and converts them into sound or vision

8. receivernoun

   A court administrator

9. receivernoun

   The part of a firearm containing the action.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Receivernoun

   Etymology: receveur, Fr. from receive.

   1. One to whom any thing is communicated by another.

   All the learnings that his time could make him receiver of, he took as we do air. William Shakespeare, Cymbeline.

   She from whose influence all impression came,
   But by receivers impotencies lame. John Donne.

   2. One to whom any thing is given or paid.

   There is a receiver, who alone handleth the monies. Francis Bacon.

   In all works of liberality, something more is to be considered, besides the occasion of the givers; and that is the occasion of the receivers. Thomas Sprat.

   Gratitude is a virtue, disposing the mind to an inward sense, and an outward acknowledgement of a benefit received, together with a readiness to return the same, as the occasions of the doer shall require, and the abilities of the receiver extend to. South.

   If one third of the money in trade were locked up, landholders must receive one third less for their goods; a less quantity of money by one third being to be distributed amongst an equal number of receivers. John Locke.

   Wood’s halfpence will be offered for six a penny, and the necessary receivers will be losers of two thirds in their pay. Jonathan Swift.

   3. One who partakes of the blessed sacrament.

   The signification and sense of the sacrament dispose the spirit of the receiver to admit the grace of the spirit of God there consigned. Jeremy Taylor, Worthy Communicant.

   4. One who cooperates with a robber, by taking the goods which he steals.

   This is a great cause of the maintenance of thieves, knowing their receivers always ready; for were there no receivers, there would be no thieves. Edmund Spenser, State of Ireland.

   5. The vessel into which spirits are emitted from the still.

   These liquors, which the wide receiver fill,
   Prepar’d with labour, and refin’d with skill,
   Another course to distant parts begin. Richard Blackmore.

   Alkaline spirits run in veins down the sides of the receiver in distillations, which will not take fire. Arbuthnot.

   6. The vessel of the air pump, out of which the air is drawn, and which therefore receives any body on which experiments are tried.

   The air that in exhausted receivers of air pumps is exhaled from minerals, is as true as to elasticity and density or rarefaction, as that we respire in. Richard Bentley.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. receiver

   A receiver is a person or entity who accepts or gets something that has been sent or given by another. In technology, it refers to a device that receives signals or transmissions, usually for purposes of communication, radio or television broadcasts. In law, it refers to a person appointed by a court to manage the property or financial affairs of a bankrupt party.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Receivernoun

   one who takes or receives in any manner

2. Receivernoun

   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

3. Receivernoun

   one who takes or buys stolen goods from a thief, knowing them to be stolen

4. Receivernoun

   a vessel connected with an alembic, a retort, or the like, for receiving and condensing the product of distillation

5. Receivernoun

   a vessel for receiving and containing gases

6. Receivernoun

   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

7. Receivernoun

   a vessel for receiving the exhaust steam from the high-pressure cylinder before it enters the low-pressure cylinder, in a compound engine

8. Receivernoun

   a capacious vessel for receiving steam from a distant boiler, and supplying it dry to an engine

9. Receivernoun

   that portion of a telephonic apparatus, or similar system, at which the message is received and made audible; -- opposed to transmitter

10. Etymology: [Cf. F. receveur.]

WikidataRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Receiver

   In firearms terminology, the receiver is the part of a firearm that houses the operating parts. The receiver usually contains the bolt carrier group, trigger group, and magazine port. In most handguns, the receiver, or frame, holds the magazine well or rotary magazine as well as the trigger mechanism. It is sometimes called the body of the firearm, while in the context of handguns, it is often called the frame. The receiver is often made of forged, machined or stamped steel or aluminium; in addition to these traditional materials, modern science and engineering have introduced polymers and sintered metal powders to receiver construction.

The Standard Electrical DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Receiver

   In telephony and telegraphy, an instrument for receiving a message as distinguished from one used for sending or transmitting one. Thus the Bell telephone applied to the ear is a receiver, while the microphone which is spoken into or against is the transmitter.

Matched Categories

1. • Acquirer
   • Earphone
   • Football Player
   • Tennis Player

British National Corpus

1. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Receiver' in Nouns Frequency: #1867

How to pronounce Receiver?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Receiver in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Receiver in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of Receiver in a Sentence

1. Darius Slay:

   I was looking at( wide receiver) Davante( Adams), and it was pretty exciting to see Richard jump up there and catch it.

2. Dean Blandino:

   I think it's debatable, there was a left hand on (Pettigrew's) shoulder, but does that significantly hinder the receiver's ability to make the catch?

3. Grant Caraway:

   If they want that solid receiver one, they got to pay for it, and I think that the guys who negotiate the contracts, the agent and all that stuff, they probably know that and they probably come at the organization with that kind of like :' OK, listen, if you want this caliber of a player on the team, you've seen what he's been able to do for other teams' -- like Davante Adams in Green Bay.

4. Nikola Tesla:

   My brain is only a receiver, in the Universe there is a core from which we obtain knowledge, strength and inspiration. I have not penetrated into the secrets of this core, but I know that it exists.

5. William Blake:

   The thankful receiver bears a plentiful harvest.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Receiver
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Receiver
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=Receiver
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Receiver
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=Receiver
7. ^ The Standard Electrical Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/26535/pg26535-images.html#:~:text=Receiver