EGAVE

receiver

About 9.57 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun A person who receives. An official whose job is to receive taxes or other monies; a tax collector, a treasurer. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller} A person who receives something in a general sense; a recipient. A person who accepts stolen goods. A person or company appointed to settle the affairs of an insolvent entity.
  2. noun An official whose job is to receive taxes or other monies; a tax collector, a treasurer. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
  3. noun A person who receives something in a general sense; a recipient.
  4. noun A person who accepts stolen goods.
  5. noun A person or company appointed to settle the affairs of an insolvent entity.
  6. noun An offensive player who catches the ball after it has been passed.
  7. noun A person who attempts to return the serve.
  8. noun An item or apparatus that receives. Something which receives some substance or object, in a general sense; a receptacle. A vessel for receiving and holding the products of distillation, or for containing gases. An airtight vessel from which air is pumped in order to form a vacuum. The part of a firearm containing the action. A vessel for receiving the exhaust steam from the high-pressure cylinder before it enters the low-pressure cylinder, in a compound steam engine. Any of several electronic devices that receive electromagnetic waves, or signals transmitted as such.

Similar words

recipient liquidator pass catcher receiving system telephone receiver administrator receivership importer escrow trustee

Often followed by

of and is to in or for can was

Word family

receivers

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