receive

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You are taxed on the value of that stock as it exists as of the date you receive it in payment for such services.

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Quick take

get something; come into possession of; "receive payment"; "receive a gift"; "receive letters from the front"

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of receive gathered in one view.

verb

get something; come into possession of; "receive payment"; "receive a gift"; "receive letters from the front"

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receive a specified treatment (abstract); "These aspects of civilization do not find expression or receive an interpretation"; "His movie received a good review"; "I got nothing but trouble for my good intentions"

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Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for receive.

verb

get something; come into possession of; "receive payment"; "receive a gift"; "receive letters from the front"

verb

go through (mental or physical states or experiences); "get an idea"; "experience vertigo"; "get nauseous"; "receive injuries"; "have a feeling"

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express willingness to have in one's home or environs; "The community warmly received the refugees"

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accept as true or valid; "He received Christ"

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bid welcome to; greet upon arrival

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convert into sounds or pictures; "receive the incoming radio signals"

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experience as a reaction; "My proposal met with much opposition"

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have or give a reception; "The lady is receiving Sunday morning"

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receive as a retribution or punishment; "He got 5 years in prison"

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partake of the Holy Eucharist sacrament

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regard favorably or with disapproval; "Her new collection of poems was not well received"

Example sentences

You are taxed on the value of that stock as it exists as of the date you receive it in payment for such services.

At my employer, we receive countless abuse complaints and we handle every single one.

No matter what your standing in the economy, you would always receive the same UBI, and you would always pay the same rate of tax.

This starts a 30 day clock, during which time they have to get to the reporter and receive evidence from the reporter that you actually own the debt.

Mean income earners, in this scenario, would pay exactly as much taxes as they receive back from the UBI -- so their tax rate would be zero.

Each year, every US citizen resident in Alaska receives a dividend payment from this fund.

For example, if you do work for a startup and are paid in stock when you complete the deliverable, you are taxed on the value of the stock received.

Everything is now open to critical scrutiny, and nothing that fails such scrutiny will receive anyone's respect.

Since she "signed the agreement", the matter is over - she has admitted to charges and is legally guilty and has received probation, and that's the end of it.

Because venue was important to the case, the jury was supposed to receive instructions on how to evaluate the validity of the venue.

Just think, if you hadn't used a proprietary messaging solution as your default contact method, you'd be able to easily control how you receive the messages.

Feel free to ask for more elaboration if you do not understand the mechanics of how this works, or why it will quickly dominate the pool of people willing to receive $50 in consideration for $100 of Starbucks cards.

But where is the liability when no equity is being sold and instead you have commitments that backers will receive only little perks associated with a completed development effort?