receiver

noun

1. An official whose job is to receive taxes or other monies; a tax collector, a treasurer.
2. A person who receives something in a general sense; a recipient.
3. A person who accepts stolen goods.
4. A person or company appointed to settle the affairs of an insolvent entity.
5. An offensive player who catches the ball after it has been passed.
6. A person who attempts to return the serve.
7. Something which receives some substance or object, in a general sense; a receptacle.
8. A vessel for receiving and holding the products of distillation, or for containing gases.
9. An airtight vessel from which air is pumped in order to form a vacuum.
10. The part of a firearm containing the action.
11. A vessel for receiving the exhaust steam from the high-pressure cylinder before it enters the low-pressure cylinder, in a compound steam engine.
12. Any of several electronic devices that receive electromagnetic waves, or signals transmitted as such.
13. The part of a telephone handset contained in the earpiece; (hence) the handset itself; an earpiece.
14. A swaption which gives its holder the option to enter into a swap in which they pay the floating leg and receive the fixed leg.