Receiver Meaning
/ɹəˈsi.vɚ/Definition, CEFR level B1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounA person who receives.
nounA person who receives., An official whose job is to receive taxes or other monies; a tax collector, a treasurer.
Sentence Examples
I forgot to lift the receiver before dialing the number.
The worried housewife heard the telephone ring and quickly picked up the receiver.
He picked up the telephone receiver to answer the incoming call.
Synonyms & Antonyms
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CEFR Practice Quiz
In the game, the player who caught the touchdown pass was the ____ of the quarterback's throw.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The ____ of the stolen goods was charged alongside the thief who had taken them.
Word Origin & History
Inherited from Middle English receyvour, from Anglo-Norman receverre, receivour et al., later also reformed as receive + -er. Compare recevor, rescaivour.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"I, the writer of this paper, have been, for some time, a chosen receiver of Begging Letters."
— 1850, Charles Dickens, “The Begging-Letter Writer”, in Household Words:
"This was the West Lancashire Railway, an ambitious but feckless little concern which, in a life lasting a quarter of a century, never earned a dividend, failed to keep up its debenture payments (despite a dangerous attempt to do so by issuing more debentures) and ended up in the hands of a receiver."
— 1960 March 26, M. D. Greville and G. O. Holt, “Railway Development in Preston—2”, in Railway Magazine, page 201:
"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."
— 1961 October, “Talking of Trains: Last of the M.S.W.J.R.”, in Trains Illustrated, page 585:
"A man can live in thick air, but perishes in an exhausted receiver."
— 1791, James Boswell, Life of Johnson, Oxford, published 2008, page 839:
"There they waited until after eleven, then Paulvitch took down the receiver of their telephone. He called a number."
— 1913 June–December, Edgar Rice Burroughs, “The Plot That Failed”, in The Return of Tarzan, New York, N.Y.: A[lbert] L[evi] Burt Company, […], published March 1915, →OCLC, page 60:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
In the game, the player who caught the touchdown pass was the ____ of the quarterback's throw.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The ____ of the stolen goods was charged alongside the thief who had taken them.