Receiver vs Consigner - What's the difference?

As nouns the difference between receiver and consigner

is that receiver is a person who or thing that receives or is intended to receive something while consigner is the party that.

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)

consigner

English

Alternative forms

* consignor

Noun

(en noun)

The party that .

(business) The party that provides merchandise for consignment sale.

* {{quote-news, year=2007, date=August 24, author=Wendy Moonan, title=Tea Is Served, With Extra Rococo and a Hint of Revolution, work=New York Times citation

, passage=The two joined Mr. Hook and the consigner at dinner to discuss the sale and then returned to the house.}}

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