Receiver may mean:

• Receiver (Information Theory) the receiving end of a communications channel
• the listening device part of a telephone
• Receiver (radio), an electronic device that converts a radio signal from a transmitter into useful information
• Receiver (hearing aids), a transducer in hearing aids responsible for converting the electric input signal into an acoustic output signal; see also hearing aid
• Receiver (firearms), houses the operating parts of the gun
• Alcohol receiver, post-distillation receptacle
• Wide receiver or tight end, in American football
• Receiver (legal), a person that is appointed as a custodian of other people's property by a court of law or a creditor of the owner, pending a lawsuit or bankruptcy - See Administrative Receivership

See also

• Receipt

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