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receiver

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(now historical) An official whose job is to receive taxes or other monies; a tax collector, a treasurer. / A person who receives something in a general sense; a recipient.

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receiver

/ɹəˈsi.vɚ/

noun

(now historical) An official whose job is to receive taxes or other monies; a tax collector, a treasurer. / A person who receives something in a general sense; a recipient.

The receiver of the package was very excited.

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(now historical) An official whose job is to receive taxes or other monies; a tax collector, a treasurer.

意味（2）

A person who receives something in a general sense; a recipient.

I, the writer of this paper, have been, for some time, a chosen receiver of Begging Letters.

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意味（3）

A person who accepts stolen goods.

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A person or company appointed to settle the affairs of an insolvent entity.

It took the name Midland & South Western Junction in 1884 and reached Cheltenham, with its M.R. connection, in 1891; but poverty continued - a receiver had been appointed in 1884.

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意味（5）

(American football) An offensive player who catches the ball after it has been passed.

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(racquet sports) A person who attempts to return the serve.

意味（7）

Something which receives some substance or object, in a general sense; a receptacle.

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(chemistry) A vessel for receiving and holding the products of distillation, or for containing gases.

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(now chiefly historical) An airtight vessel from which air is pumped in order to form a vacuum.

A man can live in thick air, but perishes in an exhausted receiver.

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(firearms) The part of a firearm containing the action.

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Any of several electronic devices that receive electromagnetic waves, or signals transmitted as such.

The FCC says it decided to attempt standardization of VHF receivers after getting "thousands of complaints" from disgruntled boatmen who found their sets brought in mostly a lot of garble and static.

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