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

Derived forms: receivers

See also: receive, receivership

Type of: acquirer, earphone, earpiece, fiduciary, football player, footballer [N. Amer], headphone, phone, set, tennis player

Part of: phone, telephone, telephone set

Encyclopedia: Receiver