(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.

plural of receiver

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.

simple past tense and past participle of receive

Generally accepted as correct or true.

present participle of receive

The act by which something is received; reception.

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.