An amount (of goods, etc.) received. / A grain receival centre, a place where harvested wheat, oats, barley, etc are received for storage and later bulk shipping.

(American football) An offensive football player whose position on the line of scrimmage is farthest from the ball and whose function is to principally to catch passes.

The form of pronunciation of the English language traditionally spoken by the educated classes of the south-east of England, considered to be a standard (see received) and used as such in the pronunciation schemes of most British dictionaries. Abbreviation: RP

A radio receiver that mixes (beats or heterodynes) a locally produced frequency with the incoming frequency

plural of superheterodyne receiver

An audiovisual device, fitted to a civilian road vehicle, that uses the military Global Positioning System (U.S. Navstar system) as an aid to navigation.

Poorly received; not enjoying the positive reception expected.

plural of receiver-general

An officer who receives the public revenue; a treasurer.

(physics) A receiver, such as that used with an air pump, from which the air has been withdrawn; a vessel whose interior is a more or less complete vacuum.