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receiver general

receiver general is the alternative form of receiver-general.

Meaning of receiver-general

Noun

receiver-general (plural receivers-general)

  1. An officer who receives the public revenue; a treasurer.
    • This nobleman communicated the circumstances of the case to the minister, and in a day or two our candidate found credit with the receiver-general of the county, who lent him twelve hundred pounds on his personal note, payable on demand.1751, [Tobias] Smollett, The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle […], volume (please specify |volume=I to IV), London: Harrison and Co., […], →OCLC

Forms of receiver general

pluralreceivers general

Questions about receiver general

What is receiver general the alternative form of?
Receiver general is the alternative form of receiver-general.

Words near receiver general in the dictionary

  1. Received Standard
  2. received wisdom
  3. receivedness
  4. receivedst
  5. receiver
  6. receiver general
  7. receiver-general
  8. receiverless
  9. receivers
  10. receivers-general
  11. receivership

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