noun
- Set that receives radio or tv signals.
- synonyms: receiving system
- Law) a person (usually appointed by a court of law) who liquidates assets or preserves them for the benefit of affected parties.
- synonyms: liquidator
- Earphone that converts electrical signals into sounds.
- synonyms: telephone receiver
- A person who receives something.
- synonyms: recipient
- The tennis player who receives the serve.
- A football player who catches (or is supposed to catch) a forward pass.
- synonyms: pass receiver, pass catcher
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