receiver:

(plural: ‘receivers‘; opposite word in meaning: ‘sender‘; for the right pronunciation of this word, please click here)

a receiver of a gift

a person who gets something that has been sent to him/her by another person;
a person/criminal who buys, keeps or hides away any stolen goods (knowing well that the things are stolen, and often helping or assisting somebody else who actually steals the goods);

(in a court of law) a person employed by a court of law to take care of any property which is under dispute and the case is pending in that court of law;

a receiver of a serve in a beachball game

(in baseball sport) a catcher — the player who catches the ball;
(in football sport) a player of a team who is permitted or is supposed to catch and pass the ball forward;
(in tennis sport) the player who gets the ball on his/her side of the court that has been served (hit) by his/her opponent from the other side of the net;
a person (an official) whose job is to get/collect money (in an office) from those who have to pay (due),

a receiver of stolen goods

e.g.
Mr Ahmed, the receiver of several compliments and gifts, thanked all those who complimented him at his retirement ceremony.
The police have raided a suspected receiver’s hideout and found many stolen and unlicensed things, including TV sets, mobile phones and even guns!
In tennis, the receiver is, most often, bond to lose a point to the server as most players serve aces.

the receiver of a landline telephone

Note: ‘Receiver’ is equally commonly used to refer to the part of a telephone from which the voice of the caller is heard, an electrical or electronic device that is used to receive incoming signals.

Compare: recipient

Note: Though ‘receiver’ and ‘recipient’ are used as synonyms, there are some subtle differences between these two words. Basically, ‘recipient’ is more formal than ‘receiver’; however, ‘receiver’ has more meanings/definitions than ‘recipient’, and except for the meaning ‘a person or animal that gets or receives something from someone else’, the word ‘recipient’ cannot be used in place of ‘receiver’, e.g. one of the definitions of ‘receiver’ is “a football player who is allowed to catch and forward the ball”, and in this context, the word ‘recipient’ cannot be used, and more importantly, for the device/instrument that receives radio signals, only the word ‘receiver’ is accepted. In medical terminology, ‘recipient’ is more commonly used than ‘receiver’. The usage of ‘receiver’ and ‘recipient’ depends more on the collocation than on any hard and fast rule.

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