receiver

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Inherited from Middle English receyvour, from Anglo-Norman receverre, receivour et al., later also reformed as receive + -er. Compare recevor, rescaivour.

from 14th c. An official whose job is to receive taxes or other monies; a tax collector, a treasurer.
from 14th c. A person who receives something in a general sense; a recipient.
from 14th c. A person who accepts stolen goods.
from 18th c. A person or company appointed to settle the affairs of an insolvent entity.
from 19th c. An offensive player who catches the ball after it has been passed.
from 20th c. A person who attempts to return the serve.
from 14th c. Something which receives some substance or object, in a general sense; a receptacle.
from 16th c. A vessel for receiving and holding the products of distillation, or for containing gases.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.