simple past tense and past participle of receive

Generally accepted as correct or true.

To take, as something that is offered, given, committed, sent, paid, etc.; to accept; to be given something. / (law) To take goods knowing them to be stolen.

(telecommunications) An operation in which data is received.

present participle of receive

The act by which something is received; reception.

(now historical) An official whose job is to receive taxes or other monies; a tax collector, a treasurer. / A person who receives something in a general sense; a recipient.

capable of being received, especially of a debt, from the perspective of the creditor.

A debt owed, usually to a business, from the perspective of that business / Especially, a debt arising from a sale on account or on credit.

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of receive