What is the meaning of Receiver?

A person who receives.

  1. An official whose job is to receive taxes or other monies; a tax collector, a treasurer.
  2. A person who receives something in a general sense; a recipient.
  3. A person who accepts stolen goods.
  4. A person or company appointed to settle the affairs of an insolvent entity.

    An official whose job is to receive taxes or other monies; a tax collector, a treasurer.

    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.

    An offensive player who catches the ball after it has been passed.

    A person who attempts to return the serve.

    An item or apparatus that receives.

    1. Something which receives some substance or object, in a general sense; a receptacle.
    2. A vessel for receiving and holding the products of distillation, or for containing gases.
    3. An airtight vessel from which air is pumped in order to form a vacuum.
    4. The part of a firearm containing the action.
    5. A vessel for receiving the exhaust steam from the high-pressure cylinder before it enters the low-pressure cylinder, in a compound steam engine.
    6. Any of several electronic devices that receive electromagnetic waves, or signals transmitted as such.

      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.

      The part of a telephone handset contained in the earpiece; the handset itself; an earpiece.

      A swaption which gives its holder the option to enter into a swap in which they pay the floating leg and receive the fixed leg.

      Source: wiktionary.org