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Note added at 2003-07-01 20:07:42 (GMT)
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Last two meanings (from Schaeffer):

receiver
(com) Empfänger m (syn, addressee, recipient)
(com) Hörer m (syn, telephone receiver)
(Re) Hehler m (syn, fence)
(Re) Vermögensverwalter m
(ie, appointed to hold in trust and administer property under litigation)
(Re, US) vorläufiger Konkursverwalter m
(ie, temporary custodian of the assets of a bankrupt business; appointed by a court of equity to take custody of the property of a debtor and to preserve the business for the benefit of creditors under supervision of the court)
(Re, GB) (gerichtlich bestellter) Konkursverwalter m (ie, one of a group of bankruptcy officials)

oder, wenn von den Gläubigern eingeleitet, "...in involuntary insolvency" (am)
(bankrupcy ist Konkurs, nicht Insolvenz)

Quelle:
Dietl, Wörterbuch für Recht, Wirtschaft und Politik