Another word for receiving

receiving Synonyms

receiving

modif.

taking, getting, acquiring, accepting, being given, inheriting, collecting, gathering, making, drawing, earning, gaining, bringing in.

Antonyms giving*, disbursing, awarding.

be on the receiving end*

be the recipient, be the target, get, take; see receive 1.

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It is continually receiving new life and motion from above.
The P Line Receiving Instrument R FIG.
In the spring of 323 he moved down to Babylon, receiving on the way embassies from lands as far as the confines of the known world, for the eyes of all nations were now turned with fear or wonder to the figure which had appeared with so superhuman an effect upon the world's stage.
Besides receiving taxes, they pay the creditors of the state in their departments, conduct all operations affecting departmental loans, buy and sell government stock (rentes) on behalf of individuals, and conduct certain banking operations.
When Dean questioned her, she told of receiving a phone call concerning that same property some weeks earlier.

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