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.

Noun

The act of receiving.

(uncountable, electronics) The act or ability to receive radio or similar signals.

We have poor TV reception in the valley.

The new system provides exceptional quality of the reception signal.

A social engagement, usually to formally welcome someone.

After the wedding we proceeded to the reception .

A reaction.

The ambassador's jokes met a cold reception .

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, year=2011 , date=September 29 , author=Jon Smith , title=Tottenham 3 - 1 Shamrock Rovers , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=Former Tottenham star Rohan Ricketts came off the Rovers bench with 19 minutes to go to a warm reception from the home fans, six years after leaving the Lane.}}

The desk of a hotel or office where guests are received.

(UK, education) The school year, or part thereof, between preschool and Year 1, when children are introduced to formal education.