# receiver

Pronunciation: US say "ruh-SEE-vur" /ɹəˈsi.vɚ/; UK say "ri-SEE-vuh" /ɹɪˈsiː.və/

## Noun

1. The earpiece part of a telephone handset, or the handset itself, held to the ear to hear and speak.
   - Simple: The part of a telephone you hold to your ear to listen and speak.
   - _He lifted the receiver and dialed the number from memory._
   - _Static on the receiver made the caller almost impossible to hear._
2. An electronic device that picks up electromagnetic waves or transmitted signals, such as a radio or television set.
   - Simple: A device that picks up radio, TV, or other signals sent through the air.
   - _The satellite receiver decodes the broadcast before sending it to the screen._
   - _Engineers tuned the receiver to filter out background noise._
3. An attacking player who catches forward passes thrown by a teammate during a play.
   - Simple: A player whose job is to catch the ball after a teammate throws it.
   - _The quarterback found his receiver wide open in the corner._
   - _Defenders shadowed every receiver downfield to break up the pass._
4. The person who gets something that is given, sent, or handed over; a recipient.
   - Simple: A person who gets something that is given or sent.
   - _As the receiver of the award, she gave a short thank-you speech._
   - _The shipping label lists both the sender and the receiver._
5. A person or company appointed to take charge of and settle the affairs of an insolvent business.
   - Simple: A person chosen to manage the money and property of a failing business.
   - _A receiver was appointed to wind down the failing firm._
   - _Creditors petitioned the court for a receiver to manage the company's assets._
6. The part of a firearm that contains the action: the mechanism that loads, fires, and ejects the cartridge.
   - Simple: The main body of a gun that holds the moving parts that load and fire it.
   - _The serial number is stamped on the receiver, just above the trigger group._
   - _Machining the receiver from a solid block of aluminum improves the rifle's durability._
7. The player who attempts to return the serve in a racquet sport.
   - Simple: The player who tries to hit the ball back after the other player serves.
   - _The receiver waited near the baseline for a fast serve._
   - _A skilled receiver reads the server's toss early._
8. A person who knowingly accepts or deals in stolen goods.
   - Simple: A person who buys or takes in goods they know were stolen.
   - _Investigators traced the stolen jewelry to a known receiver._
   - _The receiver resold the loot through a string of pawn shops._
9. An object or container that receives and holds some substance or object; a receptacle.
   - Simple: A container or object that holds or collects something.
   - _The funnel directs the liquid into a glass receiver below._
   - _Each coin slides down the chute into the receiver._
10. A vessel used to receive and hold the products of distillation, or to contain gases.
   - Simple: A glass container that catches the liquid made during distilling.
   - _Vapor cooled in the condenser and collected in the receiver._
   - _The chemist sealed the receiver to trap the volatile product._
11. A sealed vessel from which the air is pumped out in order to form a vacuum.
   - Simple: A sealed glass container with the air pumped out to make a vacuum.
   - _Boyle sealed the specimen within the receiver and worked the pump until little air remained._
   - _As air left the receiver, the ringing bell inside grew steadily fainter._
12. An official whose duty was to collect taxes or other public monies; a tax collector or treasurer.
   - Simple: An official whose job was to collect taxes or other money.
   - _The receiver recorded every payment of rent and tax in his ledger._
   - _Villagers grumbled when the receiver demanded the full sum in coin._
13. An intermediate chamber that stores the exhaust steam leaving the high-pressure cylinder until it passes into the low-pressure cylinder of a compound steam engine.
   - Simple: A container that holds used steam between the two cylinders of a steam engine.
   - _Exhaust steam passed into the receiver, then expanded again in the low-pressure cylinder._
   - _A fault in the receiver upset the balance between the two cylinders._
14. A type of swaption that gives its holder the right to enter a swap in which they receive the fixed leg and pay the floating leg.
   - Simple: A financial contract that lets its holder choose to receive a fixed interest rate and pay a changing one.
   - _The fund held a receiver to gain if long-term rates declined._
   - _Traders priced the receiver using a model of future rate movements._

## Origin

Inherited from Middle English receyvour, from Anglo-Norman receverre or receivour, and later also reformed as receive plus the suffix -er.

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