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Webster 1913 Edition

Receiver

Re-ceiv′er

(rē̍-sēv′ẽr)
,
Noun.
[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a receiver, as that used with the air pump, from which the air has been withdrawn; a vessel the interior of which is a more or less complete vacuum.

Webster 1828 Edition

Receiver

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.

Definition 2024

receiver

receiver

English

Noun

receiver ‎(plural receivers)

  1. A person who or thing that receives or is intended to receive something.
    • Charles Dickens, The Begging-Letter Writer
      I, the writer of this paper, have been, for some time, a chosen receiver of Begging Letters.
    1. A trustee appointed to hold and administer property involved in litigation.
    2. A person appointed to settle the affairs of an insolvent entity.
    3. A person who accepts stolen goods.
    4. Any of several electronic devices that receive signals and convert them into sound or vision.
      1. A telephone handset.
    5. (American football) An offensive player who catches the ball after it has been passed.
    6. (tennis) A person who attempts to return the ball after it has been served.
    7. An element of a mechanical or other system or device designed to accept another element.
      1. (firearms) The part of a firearm containing the action.
      2. A vessel for receiving the exhaust steam from the high-pressure cylinder before it enters the low-pressure cylinder, in a compound steam engine.
      3. A capacious vessel for receiving steam from a distant boiler, and supplying it dry to an engine.

Derived terms

Synonyms

  • recipient (more formal, usually referring to one who receives such things as an award or medal)

Translations

Etymology

receive +‎ -er

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɹəˈsivɚ/
  • Rhymes: -iːvə(r)

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