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
