receive

(noun): An operation in which data is received.
(verb): To take, as something that is offered, given, committed, sent, paid, etc.; to accept; to be given something.
(verb): To take goods knowing them to be stolen.
(verb): To act as a host for guests; to give admittance to; to permit to enter, as into one's house, presence, company, etc.
(verb): To incur (an injury).
(verb): To allow (a custom, tradition, etc.); to give credence or acceptance to.
(verb): To detect a signal from a transmitter.
(verb): To be in a position to take possession, or hit back the ball.
(verb): To accept into the mind; to understand.