receiver Definition

1. Someone or something that receives.
2. An officer who receives taxes.
3. A person appointed by a court to manage property under litigation, or to take control of the business of someone who has gone bankrupt or who is certified insane.

Form: official receiver (in full)
4. The part of a telephone which is held to the ear.
5. The equipment in a telephone, radio or television that changes signals into sounds and pictures, or both.
6. A receiving-set.
(chiefly Brit)
7. A person who receives stolen goods.
8. chem.
A container for receiving the products of distillation or for someone holding gases.