Definitions for receiver
rɪˈsi vərre·ceiv·er

Princeton's WordNet(3.50 / 4 votes)Rate this definition:

1. receiver, receiving system(noun)

   set that receives radio or tv signals

2. liquidator, receiver(noun)

   (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, receiver(noun)

   earphone that converts electrical signals into sounds

4. recipient, receiver(noun)

   a person who receives something

5. receiver(noun)

   the tennis player who receives the serve

6. receiver, pass receiver, pass catcher(noun)

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

Wiktionary(3.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. receiver(Noun)

   A person who receives something.

2. receiver(Noun)

   A person who acts as trustee for a bankrupt.

3. receiver(Noun)

   A person who accepts stolen goods.

4. receiver(Noun)

   A telephone handset.

5. receiver(Noun)

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

6. receiver(Noun)

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

7. receiver(Noun)

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

8. receiver(Noun)

   A court administrator

9. receiver(Noun)

   The part of a firearm containing the action.

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Receiver(noun)

   one who takes or receives in any manner

2. Receiver(noun)

   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. Receiver(noun)

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

4. Receiver(noun)

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

5. Receiver(noun)

   a vessel for receiving and containing gases

6. Receiver(noun)

   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. Receiver(noun)

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

8. Receiver(noun)

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

9. Receiver(noun)

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

Origin: [Cf. F. receveur.]

Freebase(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

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 Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

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.

British National Corpus

1. Nouns Frequency

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

How to pronounce receiver?

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   Alex

   US English

   

   Daniel

   British

   

   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

   Indian

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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. Walter Benjamin:

   Gifts must affect the receiver to the point of shock.

2. anthony southon:

   The gift of giving is to see the receiver give to someone else.

3. Arthur Koestler:

   God seems to have left the receiver off the hook and time is running out.

4. Joseph Batten:

   It is the responsibility of the sender to make sure the receiver understands the message.

5. Julie Blais Comeau:

   Don't regift a tea set to someone who doesn't drink tea, it should always appeal to the receiver.

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