receiver betydelse and definition

Betydelse av receiver på svenska

• 0 the part of a phone in two parts that you hold to your ear and mouth:

  • She picked up the receiver and dialled his number.

• 1 a person who officially deals with the business matters of companies who cannot pay their debts:

  • The company went bankrupt and was put into the hands of the receivers.

• 2 in American football, an attacking player who is usually on the outer edge of the line of scrimmage (= the line on which the ball is positioned at the beginning of play):

  • He's a wide receiver for the Dallas Cowboys.

• 3 a piece of equipment that changes radio and television signals into sounds and pictures, or that changes electrical signals into sound:

  • a telephone receiver

  • a stereo receiver

• 4 someone who is asked by a court of law to officially close a bankrupt company by selling its assets, paying as many of its debts as possible, etc.:

  • receivers of/for sth The receivers of the collapsed UK construction giant have failed with a legal bid to recoup more than £400,000 on behalf of the company's many creditors.

  • In the current harsh economic climate, many small businesses have found themselves in the hands of the receiver.

  • About 200 jobs were put at risk yesterday after the group called in the receivers.

  • A receiver was appointed to track down the assets and redistribute them to investors.

  • an administrative/court-appointed/interim receiver

• 5 a piece of electronic equipment that changes radio and television signals into sound and pictures:

  • a digital/satellite/GPS receiver