Definition of receiver Receiver
/ɹʌsiˈvɚ/ - [ruseever] - re•ceiv•er
We found 29 definitions of receiver from 7 different sources.
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NounPlural: receivers |
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| receiver - set that receives radio or tv signals | ||
| receiving system | ||
| set several exercises intended to be done in series; "he did four sets of the incline bench press" | ||
| transmitting aerial, aerial, antenna one of a pair of mobile appendages on the head of e.g. insects and crustaceans; typically sensitive to touch and taste | ||
| direction finder radio; determines the direction of incoming radio waves | ||
| radio chassis a chassis for a radio receiver | ||
| radio receiver, radio set, receiving set, tuner, radio, wireless an electronic receiver that detects and demodulates and amplifies transmitted signals | ||
| satellite receiver a receiver on a communications satellite | ||
| receiver - a football player who catches (or is supposed to catch) a forward pass | ||
| pass receiver, pass catcher | ||
| receiver - the tennis player who receives the serve | ||
| receiver - a person who receives something | ||
| recipient | ||
| acquirer the financial institution that dispenses cash in automated teller machines and collects a fee from the bank that issued the credit card | ||
| addressee one to whom something is addressed | ||
| alienee, grantee someone to whom the title of property is transferred | ||
| annuitant the recipient of an annuity | ||
| assignee (law) the party to whom something is assigned (e.g., someone to whom a right or property is legally transferred) | ||
| donee, beneficiary the recipient of funds or other benefits | ||
| borrower someone who receives something on the promise to return it or its equivalent | ||
| conferee a member of a conference | ||
| consignee the person to whom merchandise is delivered over | ||
| dependant, dependent a person who relies on another person for support (especially financial support) | ||
| grantee a recipient of a grant | ||
| heritor, inheritor, heir a person who is entitled by law or by the terms of a will to inherit the estate of another | ||
| honoree a recipient of honors in recognition of noteworthy accomplishments | ||
| host an animal or plant that nourishes and supports a parasite; it does not benefit and is often harmed by the association | ||
| mandatary, mandatory the recipient of a mandate | ||
| payee a person to whom money is paid | ||
| protege a person who receives support and protection from an influential patron who furthers the protege's career | ||
| sendee the intended recipient of a message | ||
| transferee (law) someone to whom a title or property is conveyed | ||
| receiver - (law) a person (usually appointed by a court of law) who liquidates assets or preserves them for the benefit of affected parties | ||
| liquidator | ||
| fiduciary a person who holds assets in trust for a beneficiary; "it is illegal for a fiduciary to misappropriate money for personal gain" | ||
| jurisprudence, law the branch of philosophy concerned with the law and the principles that lead courts to make the decisions they do | ||
| receiver - earphone that converts electrical signals into sounds | ||
| telephone receiver | ||
| earphone, earpiece, headphone, phone electro-acoustic transducer for converting electric signals into sounds; it is held over or inserted into the ear; "it was not the typing but the earphones that she disliked" | ||
| telephone set, telephone, phone electronic equipment that converts sound into electrical signals that can be transmitted over distances and then converts received signals back into sounds; "I talked to him on the telephone" | ||
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Wiktionary 
- receiver (Noun)
A person who receives something. - receiver (Noun)
A person who acts as trustee for a bankrupt. - receiver (Noun)
A person who accepts stolen goods. - receiver (Noun)
A telephone handset. - receiver (Noun)
football A person who accepts the ball after it has been passed. - receiver (Noun)
tennis A person who attempts to return the ball after it has been served. - receiver (Noun)
Any of several electronic devices that receives signals and converts them into sound or vision. - receiver (Noun)
A court administrator. - receiver (Noun)
The part of a firearm containing the action.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- receiver (n.)
One who takes or receives in any manner. - receiver (n.)
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. - receiver (n.)
One who takes or buys stolen goods from a thief, knowing them to be stolen. - receiver (n.)
A vessel connected with an alembic, a retort, or the like, for receiving and condensing the product of distillation. - receiver (n.)
A vessel for receiving and containing gases. - receiver (n.)
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. - receiver (n.)
A vessel for receiving the exhaust steam from the high-pressure cylinder before it enters the low-pressure cylinder, in a compound engine. - receiver (n.)
A capacious vessel for receiving steam from a distant boiler, and supplying it dry to an engine. - receiver (n.)
That portion of a telephonic apparatus, or similar system, at which the message is received and made audible; -- opposed to transmitter.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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receiver
A component of a hi-fi system: a combination of a tuner and an amplifier -
receiver
The listening device part of a telephone.
Electrical DictionaryThe Standard Electrical Dictionary 💡
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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.
Proverbs DictionaryProverbs Dictionary 📗
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receiver
The receiver is as bad as the thief.
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🔤- receiver, noun, singular of receivers.
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