Dictionary definition(s) for: recipient

• n., Person(s) to whom the record is copied for information purposes. Syn.: receiver.
  [ Archives - Template for Analysis , Page: 195 ]
  Authenticity Task Force. "Template for Analysis." Appendix 1 in The Long-term Preservation of Authentic Electronic Records: Findings of the InterPARES Project. Edited by Luciana Duranti. San Miniato, Italy: Archilab, 2005. Also available online at http://interpares.org/book.
• n., A person appointed by the court to preserve and protect property that is at risk, to enable another person to obtain the benefit of rights over the property or to obtain payment of a debt if the common-law remedy is inadequate.
  [ Government - A Dictionary of Law ]
  A Dictionary of Law. Ed. Elizabeth A. Martin. Oxford University Press, 2002. Oxford Reference Online. Oxford University Press. University of British Columbia. 4 August 2006 http://www.oxfordreference.com/views/ENTRY.html?subview=Main&entry=t49.e3033
• n., An electronic device that detects and amplifies radio signals captured by an antenna.
  [ Sciences - A Dictionary of Astronomy ]
  A Dictionary of Astronomy. Ed. Ian Ridpath. Oxford University Press, 2003. Oxford Reference Online. Oxford University Press. University of British Columbia. 4 August 2006 http://www.oxfordreference.com/views/ENTRY.html?subview=Main&entry=t80.e3121
• n., The end of a linear process of message transfer.
  [ Arts - Critical Dictionary of Film and Television Theory ]
  Critical Dictionary of Film and Television Theory. Edited by Roberta E Pearson and Philip Simpson. New York: Routledge, 2001,