receiver

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɹəˈsivɚ/

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• Rhymes: -iːvə(r)

Etymology

receive +‎ -er

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

• receivership

Synonyms

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

Translations

person who receives

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 收件人 (zh) ‎(shōujiànrén)

• Czech: příjemce (cs) m
• Finnish: vastaanottaja (fi), saaja (fi)
• French: destinataire (fr) m, f
• German: Empfänger (de) m
• Greek: αποδέκτης (el) m ‎(apodéktis), παραλήπτης (el) m ‎(paralíptis)
• Japanese: 受取人 ‎(うけとりじん, uketorijin)

• Macedonian: при́мател m ‎(prímatel), при́мач m ‎(prímač)
• Malay: penerima
• Norwegian: mottaker m
• Portuguese: (Brazil) destinatário (pt) m, recebedor m
• Russian: получа́тель (ru) m ‎(polučátelʹ), получа́тельница (ru) f ‎(polučátelʹnica)
• Spanish: destinatario (es) m
• Swedish: mottagare (sv) c

trustee

• Finnish: selvitysmies

person appointed to settle financial affairs

• French: receveur (fr) m

• Greek: φοροεισπράκτορας (el) m ‎(foroeispráktoras)

person who accepts stolen goods

• Finnish: luukuttaja (slang)
• French: receleur (fr) m
• German: Hehler (de) m
• Greek: κλεπταποδόχος (el) m, f ‎(kleptapodóchos)
• Italian: ricettatore (it) m

• Norwegian: heler m
• Portuguese: (Brazil) receptador (pt) m
• Swedish: hälare (sv) c
• Walloon: riceleu (wa) m

electronic device

• Czech: přijímač (cs) m
• Finnish: vastaanotin (fi)
• French: récepteur (fr) m
• German: Empfangsgerät n, Empfänger (de) m
• Greek: δέκτης (el) m ‎(déktis)
• Hebrew: מַקְלֵט (he) m ‎(maklét)
• Italian: (telephone) cornetta (it) f

• Macedonian: при́емник m ‎(príemnik)
• Norwegian: mottaker m
• Polish: odbiornik (pl) m
• Portuguese: (Brazil) receptor (pt) m
• Russian: приёмник (ru) m ‎(prijómnik)
• Spanish: receptor (es) m
• Swedish: mottagare (sv) c

electronic device that receives and converts signal

• Danish: modtager (da) c
• Finnish: vastaanotin (fi)

telephone handset

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 話筒 (zh), 话筒 (zh) ‎(huàtǒng), 聽筒 (zh), 听筒 (zh) ‎(tīngtǒng), 受話器 (zh), 受话器 (zh) ‎(shòuhuàqì)

• Dutch: hoorn (nl)
• Finnish: kuuloke (fi), luuri (fi)
• French: écouteur (fr) m
• German: Hörer (de) m
• Greek: ακουστικό (el) n ‎(akoustikó)

• Japanese: 受話器 ‎(じゅわき, juwaki)
• Korean: 수화기 (ko) ‎(suhwagi)
• Lao: ຫູໂທລະສັບ ‎(hū thō la sap)
• Russian: телефо́нная тру́бка f ‎(telefónnaja trúbka), тру́бка (ru) f ‎(trúbka)
• Spanish: receptor (es) m
• Swedish: telefonlur c, lur (sv) c

in American football

• Finnish: laitahyökkääjä

in tennis

• Finnish: vastaanottaja (fi)

element of system

part of a firearm containing the action

vessel in a compound steam engine

• Finnish: välittäjä (fi), resiiveri

capacious vessel for receiving steam

• Finnish: höyrynerotin