A person or device that receives something, like the part of a telephone you hold to your ear, or someone who catches a thrown ball.
From Old French 'receivre,' derived from Latin 'recipere' meaning 'to take back' or 'receive.' The re- prefix means 'back' and capere means 'to take,' so it literally meant 'to take back.'
The word receiver is hiding a Latin secret—it literally means 'take-back,' which is why a criminal fence who buys stolen goods is also called a receiver of stolen property!
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