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Beneficiary vs Receiver - What's the difference?

beneficiary | receiver |

As nouns the difference between beneficiary and receiver

is that beneficiary is one who benefits or receives an advantage while receiver is a person who or thing that receives or is intended to receive something.

As an adjective beneficiary

is holding some office or valuable possession, in subordination to another; holding under a feudal or other superior; having a dependent and secondary possession.

beneficiary

English

Noun

(beneficiaries)
  • One who benefits or receives an advantage.
  • You are the lucky beneficiary of this special offer.
  • *{{quote-news, year=2012
  • , date=September 7 , author=Dominic Fifield , title=England start World Cup campaign with five-goal romp against Moldova , work=The Guardian citation , page= , passage=The most obvious beneficiary of the visitors' superiority was Frank Lampard. By the end of the night he was perched 13th in the list of England's most prolific goalscorers, having leapfrogged Sir Geoff Hurst to score his 24th and 25th international goals. No other player has managed more than the Chelsea midfielder's 11 in World Cup qualification ties, with this a display to roll back the years. }}
  • (legal) One who benefits from the distribution, especially of an estate.
  • If any beneficiary''' does not survive the Settlor for a period of 30 days then the Trustee shall distribute that '''beneficiary'''’s share to the surviving '''beneficiaries by right of representation.

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Holding some office or valuable possession, in subordination to another; holding under a feudal or other superior; having a dependent and secondary possession.
  • * Francis Bacon
  • a feudatory or beneficiary king of England
  • Bestowed as a gratuity.
  • beneficiary gifts

    receiver

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A person who or thing that receives or is intended to receive something.
  • # A trustee appointed to hold and administer property involved in litigation.
  • # A person appointed to settle the affairs of an insolvent entity.
  • # A person who accepts stolen goods.
  • # Any of several electronic devices that receive signals and convert them into sound or vision.
  • ## A telephone handset.
  • # (label) An offensive player who catches the ball after it has been passed.
  • # (label) A person who attempts to return the ball after it has been served.
  • # An element of a mechanical or other system or device designed to accept another element.
  • ## (firearms) The part of a firearm containing the action.
  • ## A vessel for receiving the exhaust steam from the high-pressure cylinder before it enters the low-pressure cylinder, in a compound steam engine.
  • ## A capacious vessel for receiving steam from a distant boiler, and supplying it dry to an engine.
  • Derived terms

    * receivership

    Synonyms

    * recipient (more formal, usually referring to one who receives such things as an award or medal)