receiver

[Eng. receiv(e); er; French re ceveur.] I. Ordinary Language : 1. One who receives or takes in any manner; a recipient. "The present should always be suited to the dignity of the receiver." -Goldsmith: The Bee, No. 3. 2. An officer appointed to receive public moneys; a treasurer; specially applied to (1) An officer appointed by a court to receive the rents or profits of land, or the produce of other property, which is in dispute in a suit in that court. (2) An officer appointed by a court to receive the takings of any busine or undertaking which is being wound up by that court. (3) An officer appointed for a similar purpose in suits concerning the estates of infants, against executors, and between partners for the purpose of winding up the concern. 3. One who receives stolen goods from a thief, knowing them to be stolen. II. Technically : 1. Chem.: Any ve el for receiving the products of distillation. 2. Pneumatics: (1) The bell-gla on the table of an air-pump. (2) The ve el which is adapted to collect or contain gas. 3372 3. Telephony and telegraphy : An instrument for receiving a me age as distinguished from one used for sending or transmitting one.