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Meaning of receiver

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  receiver
      n 1: set that receives radio or tv signals [syn: {receiver},
           {receiving system}]
      2: (law) a person (usually appointed by a court of law) who
         liquidates assets or preserves them for the benefit of
         affected parties [syn: {liquidator}, {receiver}]
      3: earphone that converts electrical signals into sounds [syn:
         {telephone receiver}, {receiver}]
      4: a person who receives something [syn: {recipient},
         {receiver}]
      5: the tennis player who receives the serve
      6: a football player who catches (or is supposed to catch) a
         forward pass [syn: {receiver}, {pass receiver}, {pass
         catcher}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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