A phone's receiver is the part that you hold near to your ear and speak into.
2. countable noun
A receiver is the part of a radio or television that picks up signals and converts them into sound or pictures.
A built-in TMC radio receiver picks up information about tailbacks, and alerted uspromptly to a motorway hold-up.
3. countable noun
Thereceiver is someone who is appointed by a court of law to manage the affairs of a business, usually when it is facing financial failure.
[business]
Between July and September, a total of 1,059 firms called in the receiver.
More Synonyms of receiver
receiver in British English
(rɪˈsiːvə)
noun
1.
a person who receives something; recipient
2.
a person appointed by a court to manage property pending the outcome of litigation, during the infancy of the owner, or after the owner has been declared bankrupt or of unsound mind
3. mainly British
a person who receives stolen goods knowing that they have been stolen
4.
the equipment in a telephone, radio, or television that receives incoming electrical signals or modulated radio waves and converts them into the original audio or video signals
5.
the part of a telephone containing the earpiece and mouthpiece that is held by the telephone user
6.
the equipment in a radar system, radio telescope, etc, that converts incoming radio signals into a useful form, usually displayed on the screen of a cathode-ray oscilloscope
7. an obsolete word for receptacle
8. chemistry
a vessel in which the distillate is collected during distillation
9. US sport
a player whose function is to receive the ball, esp a footballer who catches long passes
10.
the metallic frame situated behind the breech of a gun to guide the round into the chamber
receiver in American English
(rɪˈsivər)
noun
1.
a person who receives
; specif.,
a.
one who officially receives money for others; collector or treasurer
b.
one who knowingly receives stolen goods for gain or concealment; fence
c. Law
one appointed by a court to administer or hold in trust property in bankruptcy or in a lawsuit
d. Sport
the player or team receiving or designated to receive the ball, service, etc.; esp., a football player designated to receive a forward pass
2.
a thing that receives
; specif.,
a.
a receptacle; esp., a chemical receptacle connected with a retort, tube, etc., into which a distilled product passes
b.
an apparatus or device that converts incoming electromagnetic waves or electrical signals into audible or visual signals, as a radio or television receiving set, or that part of a telephone whichis held to the ear
receiver in Retail
(rɪsivər)
Word forms: (regular plural) receivers
noun
(Retail: Supplier accounts)
A receiver is a document recording the quantity and condition of goods when they are received by the buyer.
SIMILAR WORDS:
receiving report
Invoices will not be approved for payment without a signed purchase order, packingslip, and signed receiver attached.
Before the receiver is signed, all merchandise must be inspected to verify that items being deliveredare in good condition.
A receiver is a document recording the quantity and condition of goods when they are receivedby the buyer.
receiver in Electrical Engineering
(rɪsivər)
Word forms: (regular plural) receivers
noun
(Electrical engineering: Communication)
A receiver is a circuit that accepts signals from a transmission medium and decodes or translates them into a form that can drive local circuits.
The symbol for a receiver is Rx.
A receiver tuned to the frequency of radio waves can amplify and decode them and reproduce thesound that was encoded on them at the station.
The circuit cuts off receiver output when no input signal is being received.
A receiver is a circuit that accepts signals from a transmission medium and decodes or translatesthem into a form that can drive local circuits.
receiver in Accounting
(rɪsivər)
Word forms: (regular plural) receivers
noun
(Accounting: Commerce)
A receiver is a document recording the quantity and condition of goods when they are receivedby the buyer.
SIMILAR WORDS:
receiving report
Invoices will not be approved for payment without a signed purchase order, packingslip, and signed receiver attached.
Before the receiver is signed, all merchandise must be inspected to verify that items being deliveredare in good condition and are the same item numbers and quantities as listed on thepurchase order.
A receiver is a document recording the quantity and condition of goods when they are receivedby the buyer.
Examples of 'receiver' in a sentence
receiver
Some of them had brought powerful radio receivers to try to pick up signals from base camp.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
He was brutally punished for his role in making an illicit radio receiver.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Many lack the strength to hold the receiver.
Christianity Today (2000)
There is no sound in the radio waves that carry a message of music to your radio receiver.
Schneider, Hermann & Schneider, Leo The Harper Dictionary of Science in Everyday Language (1988)
Hold the receiver to the plaster.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
No wonder the guy muttering the prayers over the burial plot has a wireless phone receiver permanently fixed to his right ear.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
Our radio receiver worked nicely, under secure conditions for many months.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Sales are managed by a receiver appointed independently by the administrator, who is appointed by the bank.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
There are telephones aids for disabled people; a shoulder rest to save you holding up the receiver is very helpful.
MacIntyre, Anne M. E. Post-Viral Fatigue Syndrome - How To Live With It (1989)
The device also hooks up to mobile and landline phones, allowing wearers to hear callers without having to hold a receiver.
The Sun (2009)
A radio receiver conveys instructions to the insect's wing muscles and relays visual signals from its optic lobes.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
I lift the telephone receiver.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
If you use a more sensitive detector, such as a radio receiver, you will hear crackling sounds.
Schneider, Hermann & Schneider, Leo The Harper Dictionary of Science in Everyday Language (1988)
July, a man in Virginia was talking on his landline phone when lightning hit the outside phone cable and struck him through the phone receiver.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
We differ on only one small point: he complains that I replace the telephone receiver with unnecessary force at the end of our conversations.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
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In other languages
receiver
British English: receiver /rɪˈsiːvə/ NOUN
telephone A telephone receiver is the part that you hold near to your ear and speak into.
She picked up the receiver and started to dial.
American English: receiver electronic
Arabic: سَمَّاعَةُ التِّلِفُون
Brazilian Portuguese: receptor
Chinese: 接受器
Croatian: prijemnik
Czech: sluchátko telefonní
Danish: modtager
Dutch: hoorn elektronisch
European Spanish: receptor
Finnish: puhelimen luuri
French: récepteur
German: Hörer Telefon
Greek: δέκτης
Italian: ricevitore
Japanese: 受信機 electronic
Korean: 수신기
Norwegian: telefonrør
Polish: odbiornik elekroniczny
European Portuguese: recetor
Romanian: receptor
Russian: телефонная трубка
Latin American Spanish: receptor
Swedish: telefonlur
Thai: อุปกรณ์รับสัญญานเสียงหรือภาพ
Turkish: alıcı
Ukrainian: слухавка
Vietnamese: ống nghe điện thoại
British English: receiver /rɪˈsiːvə/ NOUN
person A receiver is someone who is officially appointed to manage the affairs of a business, usually when it is facing financial failure.
American English: receiver person
Arabic: مُسْتَلِم
Brazilian Portuguese: recebedor
Chinese: 破产管理人
Croatian: primatelj
Czech: likvidátor správce konkursní podstaty
Danish: modtager
Dutch: curator persoon
European Spanish: receptor
Finnish: saaja
French: administrateur judiciaire
German: Empfänger
Greek: αποδέκτης
Italian: curatore fallimentare
Japanese: 受取人 person
Korean: 수령인
Norwegian: mottaker
Polish: odbiorca osoba
European Portuguese: recebedor
Romanian: executor judecătoresc
Russian: получатель
Latin American Spanish: receptor
Swedish: mottagare
Thai: ผู้ได้รับ
Turkish: tasfiye memuru
Ukrainian: ліквідатор підприємства
Vietnamese: người quản lý tài sản
All related terms of 'receiver'
pig receiver
A pig receiver is a device to get a pig out of a pipeline without interrupting flow.
wide receiver
a player whose function is to catch long passes from the quarterback
radio receiver
an apparatus that receives incoming modulated radio waves and converts them into sound
Official Receiver
an officer appointed by the Insolvency Service to receive the income and manage the estate of a bankrupt pending the appointment of a trustee in bankruptcy
telephone receiver
a device, as in a telephone , that converts changes in an electric current into sound
superheterodyne receiver
a radio receiver that combines two radio-frequency signals by heterodyne action, to produce a signal above the audible frequency limit . This signal is amplified and demodulated to give the desired audio-frequency signal
Chinese translation of 'receiver'
receiver
(rɪˈsiːvəʳ)
n(c)
(of telephone) 听(聽)筒 (tīngtǒng) (个(個), gè)
(Rad, TV) 接收器 (jiēshōuqì)
(Comm) 破产(產)管理人 (pòchǎn guǎnlǐrén)
1 (noun)
Definition
the detachable part of a telephone that is held to the ear
She held the telephone receiver away from her face.
Synonyms
handset
apparatus
2 (noun)
He says he's more a receiver than a giver in the lying stakes.
Synonyms
recipient
the largest recipient of foreign aid
beneficiary
The main beneficiaries of pension equality so far have been men.
Additional synonyms
in the sense of beneficiary
Definition
a person who gains or benefits
The main beneficiaries of pension equality so far have been men.