receiver+of+stolen+goods+(noun)

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• Receiver — A bankruptcy practitioner appointed by secured creditors in the United Kingdom to oversee the repayment of debts. The New York Times Financial Glossary * * * receiver re‧ceiv‧er [rɪˈsiːvə ǁ ər] noun [countable] 1. also official receiver …   Financial and business terms

• receiver — A bankruptcy practitioner appointed by secured creditors to oversee the repayment of debts. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary An official appointed to continue the day to day running of an insolvent business with a view to selling it as a going… …   Financial and business terms

• receiver — re·ceiv·er /ri sē vər/ n 1: an officer charged with receiving tax payments or returns and other related duties (as the maintenance of tax rolls) 2: a person appointed by the court to hold in trust and administer property in litigation; esp: one… …   Law dictionary

• receiver — noun Date: 14th century one that receives: as a. treasurer b. (1) a person appointed to hold in trust and administer property under litigation (2) a person appointed to settle the affairs of a business involving a public interest or to manage a… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• receiver — /rəˈsivə / (say ruh seevuh) noun 1. someone or something that receives. 2. a device or apparatus which receives electrical signals, waves, or the like, and renders them perceptible to the senses, as the part of a telephone held to the ear, a… …  

• receiver — noun 1》 a telephone handset, in particular the part that converts electrical signals into sounds.     ↘a piece of radio or television apparatus converting broadcast signals into sound or images. 2》 a person or thing that receives something.… …   English new terms dictionary

• fence — 1 n 1: a barrier intended to prevent escape or intrusion or to mark a boundary 2 a: a receiver of stolen goods b: a place where stolen goods are bought fence 2 vt fenced, fenc·ing 1 a: to enclose with a fence …   Law dictionary

• Jonathan Wild — ( baptised 6 May 1683 – 24 May 1725) was perhaps the most famous criminal of London mdash; and possibly Great Britain mdash; during the 18th century, both because of his own actions and the uses novelists, playwrights, and political satirists… …   Wikipedia

• fence — I. noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English fens, short for defens defense Date: 14th century 1. archaic a means of protection ; defense 2. a. a barrier intended to prevent escape or intrusion or to mark a boundary; especially …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• fence — 1. noun 1) a gap in the fence Syn: barrier, fencing, enclosure, barricade, stockade, palisade, fenceline; railing 2) informal a fence dealing mainly in jewelry Syn: receiver (of stolen goods), dealer …   Thesaurus of popular words

• re·ceiv·er — /rıˈsiːvɚ/ noun, pl ers [count] 1 : the part of a telephone that you pick up and hold near your face when you are making or receiving a phone call She angrily slammed down the phone s receiver. 2 : radio or television equipment that changes… …   Useful english dictionary