receivership

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who is chosen by a court to be in charge of a company that is BANKRUPT (   Wf&lf

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person who receives sth : Molly’s more of a giver than a receiver.  5 a person

who buys or accepts stolen goods, knowing that they have been stolen jfo ( & Jg ^ ) IS ^ W A 6 (in American football       player who plays in a

position in which the ball can be caught when it is being passed forward

re-ceiv-er-ship /ri'siivajip; NAmE -varJ-/ noun [U] [law W) the state of a business being controlled by an offi­cial receiver because it has no money SfcAlfSi;

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re cent 0-w /'riisnt/ ad/. [usually before noun] that happened or began only a short time ago ISA #J;

0f: a recent development/discovery/event ifr AEft^t M / ‘M.M /        0 his most recent visit to Poland  !j

'<$. A Eft ijj I'b] o There have been many changes in recent years.

recently <>■» /‘riisntii/ adv. not long ago ^ A BU; II i£: We received a letter from him recently. |£ 0 ^AIM ItTPJ 7 fife (ft — ilft „ 0 Until recently they were living in York.

j£„ 0 I haven’t seen them recently (= it is some time since I saw them). ISiSA'&JEHfMlo 0 Have you used it recently (= in the recent past)?

re cep tacle /ri’septakl/ noun 1 ~ (for sth) [formal) a container for putting sth in § #g: [figurative) The seas have been used as a receptacle for a range of industrial toxins. y§#i£7#fft#SXM*4lftA^o 2 [NAmE) = socket(I)

re-cep tion On /ri'sepjn/ noun

1                  [U] [especially BrE) the area inside the entrance of a

hotel, an office building, etc. where guests or visitors go first when they arrive $cf#£]i;       the reception

area We arranged to meet in reception at 6.30.

nmk 6:30 0 You can leave a message

with reception, ffc % It ^ ® ft P ft 0 0 [NAmE, BrE) the reception desk IK # n — compare front desk

2                  [C] a formal social occasion to welcome sb or cele­brate sth        a wedding recep­tion      3 [sing.] the type of welcome that is given

to sb/sth  ; BLuk: Her latest album has met

with a mixed reception from fans. MEftiLftiliftlEtfcjefc £ fa] ft P|r1 7—o 0 Delegates gave him a warm reception as he called for more spending on education. & AfiPf of it*ntScW£&,        4 [U] the

quality of radio and television signals that are broad­cast ( ) &&&#: good/bad

reception ft£FEft/^Eft|gift$[A 0 There was very poor reception on my phone. IS ft) g i|fc A fM H „           5 [U]

the act of receiving or welcoming sb jsh ; ® ft; iffl ^: the reception of refugees from the war zone

re ception centre [NAmE re ception center) noun

1                  a place where people can get information or advice

: The museum is building a new recep­tion centre for visitors. If #Jt#jElEfM$T#)A^Mf£Ko

2                  a place where people, for example those without a home, can get help and temporary accommodation itft

a reception centre for refugees

re'ception class noun (in Britain) the first class at school for children aged 4 or 5

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re cep tion ist /ri'sepjamst/ noun a person whose job is to deal with people arriving at or telephoning a hotel, an office building, a doctor’s surgery, etc.

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re'ception room noun (BrE) (used especially when advertising houses for sale) a room in a house where people can sit, for example a living room or dining room

re-cep-tive /ri'septrv/ adj. ~ (to sth) willing to listen to or to accept new ideas or suggestions (  It

) KMfiJfM, Jfc^&glft HE1 responsive: She

was always receptive to new ideas.

o He gave an impressive speech to a receptive audi­ence. ffefltJ—&&AWiJr&S&MIsfro ►re-cep- tive^ness, re-cep-tiv-ity /.riisep'tivati/ noun [U] : receptivity to change ^^ftEftjjtlvtgA

receptor /ri'septa(r)/ noun [biology A) a sense organ or nerve ending in the body that reacts to changes such as heat or cold and makes the body react in a particular way lift:fg;

re-cess noun, verb

» noun /ri'ses; 'riises/ 1 [C, U] a period of time during the year when the members of a parliament, committee, etc. do not meet   2 [C] a short break in a trial in

court ifcM: The judge called a short recess. # m. IK M f   3 [U] [NAmE) = break n.[2) 4 [C] a part of a

wall that is set further back than the rest of the wall, forming a space H ft ; HHf;    HT71 alcove : a

recess for books A Still® 5 [C, usually pi.] the part of a place that is furthest from the light and hard to see or get to  He stared into the dark recesses

of the room. 4bT i fk fiU J| B| ft) #! 0 0 (figurative) The

doubt was still there, in the deep recesses of her mind. |E

mverb /ri'ses/ [often passive] 1 [NAmE) to take or to order a recess £•; Wfei s. I? W : [VN] The hearing was recessed for the weekend,  [also V] 2 [VN]

~ sth (in/into sth) to put sth in a position that is set back into a wall, etc. ) ; #•••{£

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re ces sion /ri'sejn/ noun 1 [C, U] a difficult time for the economy of a country, when there is less trade and industrial activity than usual and more people are unemployed ££ ft il; ^ H $: the impact of the current recession on manufacturing ikEftl^Bln] o The economy is in deep recession. A/^S&iJftil^Ao 0 policies to pull the country out of recession  2 [U] [formal) the

movement backwards of sth from a previous position ills; M 0 : the gradual recession of the floodwater 7Kl»MiM

re-ces-sion-ary /ri’sejnri; NAmE -neri/ adj. [only before noun] connected with a recession or likely to cause one

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re-ces-sive /ri'sesiv/ adj. [biology ^) a recessive phys­ical characteristic only appears in a child if it has two genes for this characteristic, one from each parent. It does not appear if a dominant gene is also present.

re-charge /,ri:'tja:d3; NAmE -‘tjaird^/ verb 1 to fill a battery with electrical power; to be filled with electrical power in (     [VN] He plugged his razor

in to recharge it. jftfE$];r|}g|Eifi®±, 0 [V]

The drill takes about three hours to recharge,

Hf/hWo 2 [V] [informal) to get back your strength and energy by resting for a time #c Mtfc/J ; #c M$it\\ Hil: We needed the break in order to recharge.

^► re-charge-able adj.-. rechargeable batteries rT % tfe IRJIl recharge your 1 batteries to get back your strength and energy by resting for a while  i/M

re-cher-che /ra'jeajei; NAmE .rajer’jei/ adj. (from French, formal, usually disapproving) unusual and not easy to understand, chosen in order to impress people

re-cid-iv-ist /ri'sidrvist/ noun [formal) a person who continues to commit crimes, and seems unable to stop, even after being punished If IE; BIB# ► re-cid-iv-ism /-izam/ noun [U]

re-cipe /'resapi/ noun 1 ~ (for sth) a set of instructions that tells you how to cook sth and the ingredients (= items of food) you need for it ^ H ; ft it: a recipe for chicken soup ^ W #J W 0 vegetarian recipes ^^ftifl o a recipe book A 2 - for sth a method or an idea that seems likely to have a particular result A IMA; SO formula: His plans are a recipe

for disaster.       0 What’s her recipe for

success?