Webster's English Dictionary

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receiver

re.ceiv.er \ri-'se--v*r\ n : one that receives : as  : TREASURER  : a 
   person appointed to hold in trust and administer property under liti gation 
   : a person appointed to wind up the affairs of a business involving a pu 
   blic interest or to manage a corporation during reorganization : one that 
   receives stolen goods : FENCE  : a vessel to receive and contain gases  : 
   RECEIVING SET  : the portion of a telegraphic or telephone apparatus that 
   converts the  electric currents or waves into visible or audible signals