receiver | | |
n. (artifact) | 1. receiver, receiving system | set that receives radio or tv signals. |
| ~ antenna, transmitting aerial, aerial | an electrical device that sends or receives radio or television signals. |
| ~ direction finder | radio; determines the direction of incoming radio waves. |
| ~ radio chassis | a chassis for a radio receiver. |
| ~ radio receiver, radio set, receiving set, radio, tuner, wireless | an electronic receiver that detects and demodulates and amplifies transmitted signals. |
| ~ satellite receiver | a receiver on a communications satellite. |
| ~ set | any electronic equipment that receives or transmits radio or tv signals.; "the early sets ran on storage batteries" |
| ~ boob tube, goggle box, idiot box, television receiver, television set, telly, tv set, tv, television | an electronic device that receives television signals and displays them on a screen.; "the British call a tv set a telly" |
n. (person) | 2. liquidator, receiver | (law) a person (usually appointed by a court of law) who liquidates assets or preserves them for the benefit of affected parties. |
| ~ law, jurisprudence | the collection of rules imposed by authority.; "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order" |
| ~ fiduciary | a person who holds assets in trust for a beneficiary.; "it is illegal for a fiduciary to misappropriate money for personal gain" |
n. (artifact) | 3. receiver, telephone receiver | earphone that converts electrical signals into sounds. |
| ~ 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" |
| ~ headset | receiver consisting of a pair of headphones. |
| ~ phone, telephone, telephone set | 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" |
n. (person) | 4. receiver, recipient | a person who receives something. |
| ~ acquirer | a person who acquires something (usually permanently). |
| ~ 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). |
| ~ beneficiary, donee | the recipient of funds or other benefits. |
| ~ borrower | someone who receives something on the promise to return it or its equivalent. |
| ~ conferee | a person on whom something is bestowed.; "six honorary were conferred; the conferees were..." |
| ~ 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. |
| ~ heir, heritor, inheritor | 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 | (medicine) recipient of transplanted tissue or organ from a donor. |
| ~ 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. |
| ~ warrantee | a recipient of a warrant issued by a court in the United States. |
n. (person) | 5. receiver | the tennis player who receives the serve. |
| ~ tennis player | an athlete who plays tennis. |
n. (person) | 6. pass catcher, pass receiver, receiver | a football player who catches (or is supposed to catch) a forward pass. |
| ~ football player, footballer | an athlete who plays American football. |
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