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receivern.1 Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: French receverre , receivour ; receive v., -er suffix1. Etymology: Originally (in early senses of branch I.) < Anglo-Norman receverre, receivour, receyvour, recevour, recevur, resceivour, resceivur, reseivur, etc. (compare Old French recevere , receverre , recevour , Middle French, French receveur ) official appointed to receive monies due on behalf of other people (c1170 in Old French), beater, large deerhound used to bring down deer (early 14th cent. or earlier in Anglo-Norman), treasurer, collector of government money (first half of the 14th cent. or earlier in Anglo-Norman), official appointed to receive petitions (a1377 or earlier in Anglo-Norman; mid 12th cent. in Anglo-Norman in sense ‘sustainer, protector’, with reference to God) < receivre , recevere , resseivre , etc. receive v. + -our , -ur -or suffix. In later use also < receive v. + -er suffix1.With sense 1a compare receiver general n. 1. With sense 3 compare earlier resetter n. and later receipter n. With sense 4 compare receptacle n. It is unclear whether the following earlier occurrence as an occupational term is to be taken as showing the Middle English or the Anglo-Norman word:1251 in B. Thuresson Middle Eng. Occup. Terms (1950) 141 Walt. the Recewur. I. Senses relating to a person or animal. 1. Also (esp. in or as a title) with capital initial. A person who receives something on behalf of others. society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > impost, due, or tax > [noun] > exacting or collecting > collector of impost, due, or tax c1380 (1879) 4474 (MED) Of þys brigge y am wardayn, & receuour of myche & lyte. a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden (St. John's Cambr.) (1872) IV. 81 (MED) His fader, þat is resceyvour and tresorer [L. exactor] in Siria, spoyleþ money of men of Siria. ?a1400 (a1338) R. Mannyng (Petyt) ii. 287 A lord of grete honoure..was þe tresorere, of Flandres resceyuoure [Fr. Rescayvour]. 1448 in R. Willis & J. W. Clark (1886) I. 401 (MED) Of the assignement paiable by the handes of the Receuere of the feoffement of the seid duchie..m li. c1500 (1895) 356 Duryng that long space of tym he asked of his receyuours none acomptes. 1534 c. 3 §10 All fees for stewardes, receiuers, bailliffes, and auditours. 1600 J. Pory tr. J. Leo Africanus iv. 221 Fiue great gates..at euery one of which there is placed a garde of soldiers, and certaine receiuers of the Kings custome. 1675 W. Wycherley v. i. 93 Ladies,..you seem to exact flattery and attendance only from your Followers, but you have receivers about you, and such fees to pay, a man is afraid to pass your Grants. 1693 N. Luttrell Diary in (1857) III. 102 The jury this day gave in a verdict at the court of exchequer in the cause between the kings receiver of Worcestershire and the county of Bucks. a1711 T. Ken Hymnarium 55 in (1721) II. Love my Receiver best can know The mighty Debts I owe. 1781 E. Gibbon II. xvii. 55 Twenty-nine provincial receivers, of whom eighteen were honoured with the title of count, corresponded with the treasurer. 1855 T. B. Macaulay III. xv. 534 Their receivers were appointed receivers for the Crown, and continued to collect the revenues of the vacant sees. 1870 C. H. Spurgeon I. Ps. xvi. 3 Poor believers are God's receivers, and have a warrant from the Crown to receive the revenue of our offerings in the King's name. 1915 J. Buchan xii. 181 I fell in with the Receiver of Customs. 1954 J. S. Roskell iv. 55 Thomas Urswyk, since 1417 receiver of the duchy of Lancaster estates.., was appointed as deputy to the Chief Butler of England. 1993 108 571 Ralph Burgess had been a coroner of Louth in 1306 and went on to act as one of the king's receivers. society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > deliberative, legislative, or administrative assembly > governing or legislative body of a nation or community > English or British parliament > [noun] > officials a1650 S. D'Ewes (1682) Pref. sig. A3 It was my care to examine with my own Eye, the presence of the Lords, the Returns of the Proxies, the Tryors and Receivors of Petitions, the Commissions and such like entire and most material things. 1698 W. Atwood 182 Persons entrusted to sollicit the Affairs of Ireland, upon their numerous Petitions to the King, and his Council in Parliament; for which Receivers and Triers used to be appointed. 1751 II. 91 The Receivers of Petitions being appointed, the next Day the Commons came before the King and Lords. 1781 R. Henry IV. iii. 368 As these receivers and triers of petitions were named by the King, they probably acted under his direction. 1844 T. E. May xix. 301 The functions of receivers and triers of petitions have long since given way to the immediate authority of Parliament at large. 1878 W. Stubbs (ed. 2) III. xx. 452 The receivers were clerks or masters in chancery. 1910 C. H. McIlwain iii. 208 The receivers were never men who had been summoned to Parliament. 1962 5th Ser. 12 12 The [chancellor's] speech ended with directions to the Commons to choose their speaker,..and with the appointment of receivers of petitions. 1991 J. S. Hart vi. 224 A special subcommittee of the Committee for Petitions was appointed [in July 1660] to act in the capacity of the old medieval receivers and triers. society > trade and finance > management of money > [noun] > one who has charge of or manages money > one who manages bankrupt's estate society > trade and finance > management of money > insolvency > [noun] > bankruptcy > appointee administering property of bankrupt society > law > administration of justice > general proceedings > legal seizure or recovery of property > [noun] > seizing lands or goods > attachment of person or property for debt > trustee or receiver 1768 J. T. Atkyns 3 564 A commission of bankruptcy cannot supersede a degree of this court for a receiver. 1793 F. Vesey I. 139 The security given by a receiver here does not relate to the faithful management. 1841 XIX. 325/1 The cases in which a receiver is appointed are those in which there is great danger of property being wasted or lost. 1886 26 Oct. 11/1 The official receiver is the outward and visible sign of the new departure in bankruptcy legislation. 1908 I. 584 The report of an official receiver made to the Court..is absolutely privileged. 1940 N. S. Buchanan v. 114 The appointment of a receiver for the debtor's assets is definitely regarded as a form of relief in aid of, and subsidiary to, the remedies of creditors already described. 1971 10 Dec. 8/5 An injunction restraining the Official Receiver and the manager from carrying on the company's business otherwise than with a view to the preservation of assets and goodwill. 2007 (Nexis) 20 June 25 Adelaide Bank has already appointed receivers to two EPG projects,..while another lender has brought in receivers to protect its position at sites at Wallsend. society > law > law enforcement > police force or the police > [noun] > policeman > with other specific duties 1829 c. 44 §10 It shall be lawful for His Majesty to appoint a proper Person to receive all Sums of Money applicable to the Purposes of this Act, who shall be called ‘The Receiver for the Metropolitan Police District’. 1850 13 238 The latter statute also provides for the expenses of the Thames Police and the horse patrol, by a further annual grant to the Receiver of 20,000l. 1902 XXXI. 818/1 The county council of any county within the Metropolitan Police District has to transfer to the receiver of police a sum bearing..proportion to the police rate. 1966 J. D. Devlin iii. 20 In provincial forces, the duties and functions of the Receiver fall on the police authority. 2000 (Nexis) July 7 The termination of the Home Secretary's role coincides with the abolition of the Receiver's policing duties, which involved responsibility for financial and procurement functions within the MPS. 1854 Act 17 & 18 Vict. c. 104 in 577 The Board of Trade shall..appoint any officer of customs, or of the coast guard, [etc.]..to be a receiver of wreck in any district. 1856 7 July 11/1 Mr. Skene, collector of customs, appeared as promoter of the inquiry, in his capacity of district receiver of wrecks. 1930 13 Oct. 17/1 The plaintiff suing in his capacity as Receiver of Wreck..claimed the sum of £1 10/9 from the defendant for lumber sold at auction. 1969 July p. xvi (heading) Two highly important seventeenth century naval cannon recovered from H.M.S. Association, the property of The Receiver of Wreck, Isles of Scilly. 2007 (Nexis) 17 Nov. a18 The divers are quite sure there is no treasure aboard... They have registered it with the receiver of wrecks. 2. the mind > possession > acquisition > receiving > [noun] > recipient a1382 (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Prov. xxii. 9 Victorie and worshipe shal purchace, that ȝeueth ȝiftis; forsothe he taketh awei the soule of the resceyueres [a1425 L.V. takeris; L. accipientium]. ?c1430 (?1383) J. Wyclif (1871) III. 279 (MED) Boþe þe ȝevere and recesceyere of ordris in þis caas schulden be degradid. 1472–5 VI. 157/2 Yevers, takers, and receyvers of Lyveres and Signees. 1526 W. Bonde iii. sig. hiiii Therfore, this ioye is perfyte, and the receyuer therof is parfitely mortifyed. 1579 W. Fulke Refut. Rastels Confut. in 727 An other miracle of an vnworthie receiuer, in whose hand the Sacrament was turned into ashes. c1610–15 Life Holie Helena in C. Horstmann (1886) 33 It [sc. the cross] is diuided to allmoste innumerable receyuers of it daylie. 1656 A. Cowley i. xi In this thankless world the Givers Are envi'ed ev'n by the Receivers. 1705 G. Stanhope II. 312 The Condition of the Receiver is..a great deal worse than if he had not received it at all. 1768 W. Blackstone III. 162 When one has had and received money of another's, without any valuable consideration given on the receiver's part: the law construes this to be money had and received for the use of the owner only. 1809 N. Pinkney 11 Though they cost little to the giver, [they] are not the less valuable to the receiver. 1851 S. Wilberforce in R. G. Wilberforce (1881) II. iii. 105 This seems to me wholly different from speaking of the ‘Presence’ as the result of the faith of the receiver. 1901 10 Advice note..is a letter giving its receiver information that some particular transaction either has been or is about to be effected on his behalf. 1958 E. Dominy vii. 122 Uke is the receiver, the judoka who takes the final throw and makes the breakfall. 1999 S. Singh vi. 249 The exact details of the mangler function can change, and are determined by a key agreed by sender and receiver. the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > hound > [noun] > staghound c1425 Edward, Duke of York (Vesp. B.xii) (1904) 112 (MED) As of feutrers, if þei be sette, þe first teisoure and þe reseeyuour þat draweth hym doun shal parte þe skyn. society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > baseball > baseball player > [noun] > catcher 1888 8 Mar. 6/3 Brynan exercised his pitching arm with Hoover as receiver. 1908 Aug. 16/1 Flint was a wonderful catcher and the amount of work he could stand would make some of the receivers of today take notice. 1967 June 128/3 Battey has been Howard's chief rival as the American League's premier receiver. 1991 27 111/2 Switch-hitter Donnie Scott might make the club as a third receiver. society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > football > American football > [noun] > types of player 1897 Earl of Suffolk et al. I. 421/2 The direction of a pass must depend upon where the prospective receiver is. 1935 L. Little vii. 140 The passer..would be helpless without the receiver who is able to get into position. 1972 J. Mosedale i. 7 A great receiver like Paul Warfield..loafs through his pass patterns until the defender relaxes. 1981 12 Feb. 28 The Irish set up one touchdown by Walker when their kickoff receivers got their signals crossed. 2004 (National ed.) 15 Jan. c24/1 That's just what he is, a big-play receiver. Anytime he gets the ball in his hands, he has the capability, the speed and the smarts to get it to the house. society > leisure > sport > player or sportsperson > [noun] > other players 1919 C. E. M. Joad i. 34 Thus at tennis the flight of the ball is commonly taken by the receiver to afford an indication of the way in which it will bounce. 1920 3 Feb. 7/2 The server has won three points and the receiver one. 1974 R. J. Mills & E. Butler ii. 27 The server must always wait until the receiver is ready. 2003 (Nexis) 21 June 67 The ball is at its fastest during the serve, and that is where the court effects are starkest as the receiver uses every millisecond of extra time to scramble a useful return. the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > thief > receiver of stolen goods > [noun] society > law > rule of law > lawlessness > specific offences > [noun] > harbouring criminals or outlaws > one who ?a1400 (a1338) R. Mannyng (Petyt) ii. 255 Þe robbed he alle held, as a resceyuour. ?a1450 in W. G. Benham (1907) 3 If there be any clippers or wasshers of the Kyngs coyne, and of their abbettours and ressevours. 1533 T. More ii. xvi. f. lxviv Murderers and theuys and such as are theuys receyuours. 1544 J. Bale 39 b Receyuers, defenders.., ayders, and maynteners of condemned heretyques. 1655 tr. C. Sorel ii. 33 Perretta..became their Receiver, and concealed the Goods they stole. 1699 B. E. Fencing Cully, a Broker, or Receiver of Stolen goods. 1742 N. Dubois & G. Leoni tr. A. Palladio Antiq. Rome xxxvi, in tr. A. Palladio (ed. 3) II. 78 For apprehending Incendiaries, Thieves, or their Receivers. 1751 H. Fielding Enq. Causes of Late Increase of Robbers in C. M. H. Clark (1950) i. 11 If a pickpocket steal several handkerchiefs..and the receiver of these, knowing them to be stolen, is discovered,..both are indicted. 1827 P. Cunningham (ed. 2) II. ix. 194 Decided receivers ought indeed to be worked in irons during the whole of their sentence. 1877 A. B. Edwards xxi. 653 An organised band, not only of robbers, but of receivers, who lived by depredations. 1920 Jan. 107/1 These Goojis..have always been the hereditary receivers and cattle-thieves of the Kadin borderland. 1948 G. Frost xiv. 162 Even when they were caught ‘banged to rights’ (caught with the stuff) they would not split on the name of the receiver. 1999 D. Haslam ii. 37 Fences—receivers of stolen goods—thrived in the city. II. Senses relating to things. 4. society > occupation and work > equipment > receptacle or container > [noun] a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus (BL Add.) f. 48 Þe longes is þe firste receyuour [L. receptaculum] of þe voys. ?a1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac (Hunterian) f. 68v (MED) Þe longaon oþer þe riȝte gutte..is þe resceiuer [L. receptorium] of þe superfluite of þe firste digestioun. ?1541 R. Copland ii. sig. Iiv The bladder..is a receyuer of ayguous superfluytees of the kydnees. 1576 T. Newton tr. L. Lemnie ii. v. f. 128 He hath appointed the same Entraile..to be also a receyuer and Receptorye of superfluous and vnprofitable Humour. 1623 C. Butler (rev. ed.) v. sig. K3 Hauing first parted the new Combs and the old with a long knife, take off the vpper hiue or Receiuer. 1751 J. Harris i. iv. 48 The Ship..being so eminently a Receiver and Container of various things. 1780 V. 126 The screws of the receiver of the bolt [had been] forced out of the wood. 1802 W. Paley xv. 287 Which receiver..allows the grain to dribble only in small quantities into the central hole in the upper mill-stone. 1883 June 78/1 The dust is discharged by suction fans into close fire-proof receivers. 1938 R. W. Lawson tr. G. von Hevesy & F. A. Paneth (ed. 2) vii. 73 These elements serve as specially suitable ‘receivers’ for slow neutrons. 1969 E. P. Anderson (ed. 2) xxiii. 416 Some dryers have a lint trap, or receiver, installed in the air-exhaust duct that is designed to catch all lint exhausted from the dryer. 1997 Apr. 16/1 At the machining centre, the pallet receiver is fastened to the bed using seven throughholes and/or toe clamps. society > occupation and work > equipment > receptacle or container > [noun] > for fluid the world > matter > chemistry > equipment or apparatus > [noun] > general vessels > others a1552 J. Leland (1711) III. 60 Much Ground therabout is playne and low, and as a Pan or Receyver of most parte of the Water of Wyleshire. 1660 R. Boyle xiii. 87 A small Receiver, capable of containing (by guess) about a pound and a half of Water. 1677 R. Plot 239 Behind that [are] the Receivers of water to supply the Pipes. 1725 D. Defoe ii. 112 Channels of the Water, which might easily be formed into proper Receivers. 1767 J. Mills (new ed.) III. iii. iv. 393 As the float surmounts the cistern or receiver, the water empties itself into it. 1808 98 290 After trying, eudiometrically, the quality of an aliquot part of the gas in the receiver. 1871 B. Stewart (ed. 2) §134 This generator is connected with an equally strong iron vessel called the receiver. 1938 J.-B. O. Sneeden (new ed.) xiii. 258 The gas under high pressure is stored in a receiver and utilised in reciprocating engines driving the axles of the locomotive. 1967 (B.S.I.) 40 Diluting receiver, a vessel into which a laboratory sink waste pipe discharges. 2007 (Nexis) 24 Feb. An open trough was built above ground to transport the water from the receiver to the summit. the world > matter > chemistry > equipment or apparatus > [noun] > distillation apparatus 1576 G. Baker tr. C. Gesner iv. f. 258 The Retort then set into ashes, fixing a large receiuer to it. 1605 T. Tymme tr. J. Du Chesne i. v. 21 Those saltes, being put into a retort,..with a receiver, stilleth forth a volatile salt. 1662 R. Mathews (new ed.) 152 Lay to it a receiver as big as the retort. 1758 A. Reid tr. P. J. Macquer I. 226 Set the retort in a reverberatory furnace: fit thereto a large glass receiver. 1800 tr. E. J. B. Bouillon-Lagrange I. 299 When the heat is very strong, it assumes the form of an oil, which falls into the water of the receiver. 1899 J. Cagney tr. R. von Jaksch (ed. 4) vii. 393 The dark brown oily fluid in the receiver is freed from æther by evaporation. 1955 B. C. L. Kemp (new ed.) viii. 115 Acetone is prepared by dry-distillation of calcium acetate. This may be carried out in a retort connected to a condenser and receiver. 1992 J. F. Harris & M. H. Waymack 10 These feints, as they are called, are also directed into a receiver to be saved and then added to the next distillation. society > occupation and work > equipment > pump > [noun] > chamber or receptacle 1660 R. Boyle Proem 6 The Receiver, or Glass to be empty'd, consisting of one entire and uninterrupted Globe and Neck of Glass. 1660 R. Boyle Proem 9 Which we, with the Glass-men, shall often call a Receiver, for its affinity to the large Vessels of that name, used by Chymists. 1705 W. Derham in H. Ellis (1843) (Camden) 317 I tryed it divers hours and divers times in the Receiver, unexhausted and exhausted. 1785 1 498 When the air in the receiver..is rarefied to an equal degree with the air contained in the barrel,..the valve can rise no longer. 1831 D. Lardner v. 294 The siphon gauge must be regarded as a more direct measure of the elastic force of the air in the receiver than the barometer gauge. 1878 T. Sinclair 296 The ‘religion of humanity’ is an exhausted receiver. 1922 12 May 514/1 It is commonly stated that Humphry Davy melted two pieces of ice by rubbing them together under the exhausted receiver of an air pump. 1992 1 68 Boyle's theoretically uninformed assistants..placed a burning candle in the receiver of an air-pump. the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > study or science of weather > meteorological instruments > [noun] > barometer > parts of 1682 J. Locke in R. Boyle (1692) 128 That new fitting my Barometer, here the Mercury was raised by Addition of more in the receiver. society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > machines which impart power > engine > steam engine > [noun] > parts of > chambers or reservoirs 1702 T. Savery iii. 45 If the Boyler does but fill the Vessels called Receivers, with Steam strong enough to Counterpoise or Exceed the Force of the Atmosphere. 1734 S. Switzer II. 326 The Receiver, which is a Vessel of Copper also, that at first setting to Work, is full of Air, which the Steam will discharge thorough. 1824 ‘R. Stuart’ 43 The pipe..is sixteen feet long, from the surface of the water to the stage on which the receiver..is placed. 1970 A. 316 454 Steam from a boiler A..is admitted to a receiver R, from which it drives out the air; the steam then condenses and thereby creates a partial vacuum, which is used to suck water from the pit. the world > health and disease > healing > medical appliances or equipment > other medical equipment > [noun] > vessels > receiving vessels 1767 B. Gooch I. 450 Towels and receivers for the Viscera, when they are to be taken out of their cavities. 1896 T. C. Allbutt et al. I. 425 In washing or syringing a wound a receiver must always be placed to collect the water or lotion that has touched the sore. 1918 9 Mar. 371/1 In the case of white enamel bowls, receivers, &c., the staining survives several scourings. 1966 3 62 Bowls, receivers and gallipots are being replaced by foil items, or polypropylene ware. society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > parts and fittings of firearms > [noun] > stock or shaft > parts of 1851 19 June 7 It remains to be seen how the mechanism of the receiver chamber and lock stands a heavy discharge. 1872 C. B. Norton ii. 80 Unscrew the barrel from the receiver. 1895 Spring & Summer 466/2 Receiver, complete with Guard. 1959 W. Faulkner i. 38 The tremendous ten-gauge double-barrelled shotgun which had belonged to his grandfather, the twin hammers standing above the receiver almost as tall as the ears of a rabbit. 2007 (Nexis) Apr. 6 Unscrew the forend cap and slide the forearm off the magazine tube. The barrel will then come out of the receiver. society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > machines which impart power > engine > steam engine > [noun] > parts of > chambers or reservoirs 1873 36 425 The compound engine has settled down to the least objectionable type it can assume, a pair of inverted cylinders high and low pressure standing over a right-angled crank shaft, and fitted with an intermediate receiver. 1900 J. Rose 200 A Receiver..acts as a reservoir of steam for the low pressure or intermediate cylinder, as the case may be. 1935 E. B. Woodruff & J. B. Lammers x. 237 As the engines do not work simultaneously a receiver is interposed between the high pressure discharge and the low-pressure admission, for the purpose of storing the steam until the valves on the low-pressure cylinder are ready to admit steam. the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > [noun] > a covering > cloth or textile 1688 22 Oct. 3 This Deponent opened the Receivor, and saw it was a Son. a1763 W. Smellie (1764) III. xxxiv. 236 I wrapped it [sc. the Placenta] in the receiver with the child. 1797 XI. 781/1 The infant must be wrapped in a warm receiver. 1896 T. C. Allbutt et al. I. 451 Linen thread, ligatures, flannel receiver, antiseptic lubricant. 6. the mind > attention and judgement > discovery > instrument for detection > [noun] > system investigating sea, atmosphere, etc. > device used in 1847 6 Nov. 487/1 In all these cases, the sound is increased by the sonorous waves which are reflected by the walls of the receivers [sc. instruments like the ear-trumpet]. 1920 15 178 A pair of receivers mounted on a horizontal rod which may be rotated..is an efficient device for getting the direction of a source of sound. 1957 B. E. Noltingk & N. B. Terry in E. G. Richardson II. ii. 111 Magnetostrictive and piezoelectric receivers may be designed. 1991 18 May 43/2 ‘Wide angle’ seismic surveys in which receivers were positioned far from the shot points to pick up strong reflections from Moho depths. society > communication > telecommunication > [noun] > reception of signals > instrument for the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electronics > electronic devices or components > [noun] > device receiving signal 1859 T. P. Shaffner xviii. 273 The apparatus comprises two essential mechanisms, the ‘Transmitter’ or ‘Compositor’, and the ‘Receiver’ or ‘Printer’. 1876 W. H. Preece & J. Sivewright 119 The Receiver is a Morse direct inkwriter, of a novel and sensitive character. 1894 30 Apr. 3/4 The recording instrument known as Kelvin's syphon receiver. 1958 10 July 342/2 The current would flow only in one direction: this ‘rectified’ current could then be used to work a Morse receiver. 2003 S. Greenfield (2004) iii. 64 Wires inside the glass electrode can now pick up signals from the neurons, and transmit those signals on through the skin to a receiver and amplifier outside the scalp. society > communication > telecommunication > telegraphy or telephony > telephony > telephone equipment > [noun] > telephone > parts of telephone 1877 W. H. Preece in 6 Sept. 403/2 The apparatus at each end..becomes alternately transmitter and receiver, first being put to the mouth to receive sounds, and then to the ear to impart them. 1897 No. 104. 472/2 (advt.) The improved long distance battery telephone of the regular Bell telephone style with..compound pole receiver. 1913 E. C. Bentley ii. 18 Sir James looked at the telephone..and took up the receiver. 1917 Nov. 180/2 ‘Great-grandfather,’ I said, as I hung up the receiver in disgust, ‘you are a Mutt!’ 1936 D. Thomas in Dec. 17 The parting of hat from hair, Pursed lips from the receiver. 1971 11 June 32/6 The amount of telephoning which has to be done does not justify two receivers at the charity's office. 1980 A. N. Wilson xvi. 195 He had a telephone receiver to his ear. 2002 ‘H. Hill’ iii. 13 The phone rang again. I picked up the receiver. It was Zevon—he'd had it on ‘ring back’. society > communication > broadcasting > radio broadcasting > [noun] > radio set society > communication > telecommunication > radio communications > radio equipment > [noun] > radio set > receiver 1891 757 To calculate the force between two neighbouring Hertzian receivers. 1912 Jan. 60/2 I had got our receiver into ‘tune’ with the transmitter on board a steamer some miles away. 1927 50 The ultimate Television receiver will be a simple piece of apparatus. 1930 18 Aug. 3/4 With any good receiver..several foreign stations may be regularly well received. 1955 22 Apr. 3/2 The F.M. receiver is designed to take advantage of the full frequency range transmitted. 1973 12 Oct. (Colour Suppl.) 31/4 Other products not listed include radio tuners and tuner/amplifiers (known now as ‘receivers’). 1998 May 14/2 If you have an integrated Pro-Logic amplifier or receiver that is equipped with a set of six inputs..you can easily add a product such as this. society > travel > air or space travel > a means of conveyance through the air > aeroplane > [noun] > aircraft being refuelled in flight 1933 J. N. Kane 63 Refueling attempt in mid air was made..in a DeHaviland plane piloted by Capt. Lowell H. Smith, Air Corps, with Lt. J. P. Richter, Air Corps, as receiver of fuel.] 1938 M. Langley 18 I insisted that the tanker (giver) should formate on the liner or bomber (receiver). 1970 (B.S.I.) x. 17 Receiver aircraft, an aircraft which is being refuelled in the air. 1997 W. A. Rogers et al. in J. K. Ford et al. ii. 36 There were several clearly identifiable high-level components in an aerial refueling mission (e.g., locating the tanker and receiver aircraft, directing the aircraft into the proper refueling position). This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2009; most recently modified version published online June 2022). † receivern.2Origin: Apparently formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: receive v., -er suffix4. Etymology: Apparently < receive v. + -er suffix4. Obsolete. rare. the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > courtesy > courteous act or expression > [noun] > in acknowledgement of receipt of something 1612 T. Shelton tr. M. de Cervantes iv. xiii. 463 I kissed the Crosse, tooke vp the money..and we altogether made our receiuers [1652 receivers]. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2009; most recently modified version published online September 2021). <  n.1c1380 n.21612 |
