or RECEIT, in Commerce, an acquittance, or discharge, in writing, intimating that the party has received a certain sum of money, either in full for the whole debt, or in part, or on account.

RECIVER, in Pneumatics, a glass vessel for containing the thing on which an experiment in the air-pump is to be made.

RECIVER, receptor or receptator, in Law, is commonly understood in a bad sense, and used for such as knowingly receive stolen goods from thieves, and conceal them. This crime is felony, and the punishment is transportation for 14 years.