receiver

Universal Words noun 1 the part of a telephone that you hold close to your mouth and ear: to pick up / lift / put down / replace the receiver compareHANDSET 2 a piece of radio or television equipment that changes broadcast signals into sound or pictures: a satellite receiver compareTRANSMITTER 3 (also official receiver) (law) a person who is chosen by a court of law to be in charge of a company that is BANKRUPT: to call in the receivers * The company has been put in the hands of the receiver. * A receiver was appointed by the court to handle the company's affairs. 4 a person who receives sth: Molly's more of a giver than a receiver. 5 a person who buys or accepts stolen goods, knowing that they have been stolen 6 (in American football) a player who plays in a position in which the ball can be caught when it is being passed forward