Receiver or receive may refer to:

Arts, entertainment, and media

Music

Albums

* ''Receiver'' (album), the second and final album of the band Farmer Not So John, released in 1998 * ''Receivers'' (album), the fourth full-length release from Parts & Labor, released in 2008 on Jagjaguwar Records

Songs

* "Receive" (song), a song by Canadian-American recording artist Alanis Morissette * Receiver (single), a single by Wagon Christ * "Receiver", a song by the American band Bright on the album ''

Bells Break Their Towers ''Bells Break Their Towers'' is the fifth studio album by post-rock band Bright Bright may refer to: Common meanings *Bright, an adjective meaning giving off or reflecting illumination; see Brightness *Bright, an adjective meaning someone with ...

Other uses in arts, entertainment, and media

* ''Receiver'' (statue), a public statue in Green Bay, Wisconsin associated with the Green Bay Packers * ''Receiver'' (video game), a 2012 first-person shooter

Roles and professions

* Receiver, a person who receives goods in a

distribution center A distribution center for a set of products is a warehouse or other specialized building, often with refrigeration or air conditioning, which is stocked with products (goods) to be redistributed to retailers, to wholesalers, or directly to con ...

* Receiver, in

receivership In law, receivership is a situation in which an institution or enterprise is held by a receiver—a person "placed in the custodial responsibility for the property of others, including tangible and intangible assets and rights"—especially in ca ...

, a person appointed as a custodian of another entity's property by a court of law or a creditor of the owner, pending a lawsuit or bankruptcy * Metropolitan Police Receiver, formerly the chief financial officer of the London Metropolitan Police *

Receiver of Wreck The Receiver of Wreck is an official who administers law dealing with maritime wrecks and salvage in some countries having a British administrative heritage. In the United Kingdom, the Receiver of Wreck is also appointed to retain the possession o ...

, an official of the Maritime and Coastguard Agency of the United Kingdom, who is concerned with the management of wrecked ships and boats

Sports

* Receiver, a type of midfielder in

Australian rules football Australian football, also called Australian rules football or Aussie rules, or more simply football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of 18 players on an oval field, often a modified cricket ground. Points are scored by k ...

* Wide receiver, an offensive position in American and Canadian football leagues

Technology

Receiver (firearms) In firearms terminology, the firearm frame or receiver is the part of a firearm which integrates other components by providing housing for internal action components such as the hammer, bolt or breechblock, firing pin and extractor, and has ...

, which houses the working parts of the firearm * Receiver (modulated ultrasound), a device that converts a modulated ultrasonic wave into usable information *

Receiver (radio) In radio communications, a radio receiver, also known as a receiver, a wireless, or simply a radio, is an electronic device that receives radio waves and converts the information carried by them to a usable form. It is used with an antenna. T ...

, an electronic device that converts a signal from a modulated radio wave into usable information ** Tuner (radio), a subsystem that receives radio frequency (RF) transmissions and converts into a fixed frequency * Receiver, the listening device part of a

telephone A telephone is a telecommunications device that permits two or more users to conduct a conversation when they are too far apart to be easily heard directly. A telephone converts sound, typically and most efficiently the human voice, into e ...

** The headset (audio) that can also contain the above device ** The handset that sometimes contains the above device * AV receiver, part of a home theater system *

Citrix Receiver Citrix Workspace App (formerly Citrix Receiver) is the client component of XenDesktop and XenApp, developed by Citrix Systems. It was released initially in 2009. Product overview Citrix Receiver is the client component of XenDesktop or XenApp. D ...

, a software client application used for virtualization * Digital media receiver *

Television set A television set or television receiver, more commonly called the television, TV, TV set, telly, tele, or tube, is a device that combines a tuner, display, and loudspeakers, for the purpose of viewing and hearing television broadcasts, or using ...

, "telly" (UK), is a device that combines a tuner, display, and speakers for the purpose of viewing television ** Tuner (television), a subsystem that converts radio frequency analog television or digital television transmission into audio and video signals * Milk receiver, the part of a milking machine setup in which milk is collected: see milking pipeline

Other uses

* Receiver (information theory), the receiving end of a communications channel