• in telecommunication
  Telecommunication
  Telecommunication is the transmission of information over significant distances to communicate. In earlier times, telecommunications involved the use of visual signals, such as beacons, smoke signals, semaphore telegraphs, signal flags, and optical heliographs, or audio messages via coded...
  
  s, the action of an electronic receiver, such as for radio or remote control (a good signal allows for clear reception)
  • Television reception
• a formal party in the evening, such as a wedding reception
  Wedding reception
  A wedding reception is a party held after the completion of a marriage ceremony. It is held usually as hospitality for those who have attended the wedding, hence the name reception: the couple receives society, in the form of family and friends, for the first time as a married couple. Hosts...
  
  , where the guests are "received" (welcomed) by the hosts and guests of honor
• Receptionist
  Receptionist
  A receptionist is an employee taking an office/administrative support position. The work is usually performed in a waiting area such as a lobby or front office desk of an organization or business...
  
  , the initial contact in an office
• Reception (American football)
  Reception (American football)
  In American football, a reception is part of a play in which a forward pass from behind the line of scrimmage is received by a player in bounds, who, after the catch, proceeds to either score a touchdown or be downed. Yards gained from the receiving play are credited to the player as receiving...
  
  , a type of play where the ball is received (caught) by a player on the thrower's team
• Reception (school)
  Reception (school)
  Reception or Primary 1 or FS2 is the first year of primary school in the United Kingdom and South Australia. It is preceded by nursery and is followed by Year One in England and Wales or Primary 2 in Northern Ireland and Scotland.Pupils in Reception are usually aged between four and five...
  
  , in England, Wales and South Australia, the first year of primary school, following pre-school or nursery school
• Reception (astrology)
  Reception (astrology)
  In astrology, reception is a condition where one planet is located in a sign where a second planet has astrological dignity--for example, a sign which the second planet rules or in which it is exalted, or where the second planet is the triplicity ruler....
  
  
• Doctrine of reception
  Doctrine of reception
  In common law, the doctrine of reception refers to the process in which the English law becomes applicable to a British Crown Colony, protectorate, or protected state....
  
   in English law
  English law
  English law is the legal system of England and Wales, and is the basis of common law legal systems used in most Commonwealth countries and the United States except Louisiana...
  
  
• Aesthetics
  Aesthetics
  Aesthetics is a branch of philosophy dealing with the nature of beauty, art, and taste, and with the creation and appreciation of beauty. It is more scientifically defined as the study of sensory or sensori-emotional values, sometimes called judgments of sentiment and taste...
  
   and popularity
  Popularity
  Popularity is the quality of being well-liked or common, or having a high social status. Popularity figures are an important part of many people's personal value systems and form a vital component of success in people-oriented fields such as management, politics, and entertainment, among...
  
  

See also

• Reception (film)
  Reception (film)
  Reception is a 2011 short film directed by Dane McCusker and written by Jasper Marlow. It revolves around a pregnant hotel worker played by ex-Home and Away star Jessica Tovey.- Plot :...
  
  , a 2011 short film
• Reception history
• Reception theory
  Reception theory
  Reception theory is a version of reader response literary theory that emphasizes the reader's reception of a literary text. It is more generally called audience reception in the analysis of communications models. In literary studies, reception theory originated from the work of Hans-Robert Jauss in...
  
  
• Mutual reception
  Mutual reception
  In astrology, mutual reception is when two planets are in each other's signs of rulership.Mutual Reception Two planets are in mutual reception when they are in each...
  
  
• Receivership
  Receivership
  In law, receivership is the situation in which an institution or enterprise is being held by a receiver, a person "placed in the custodial responsibility for the property of others, including tangible and intangible assets and rights." The receivership remedy is an equitable remedy that emerged in...
  
  
• Receipt
  Receipt
  A receipt is a written acknowledgment that a specified article or sum of money has been received as an exchange for goods or services. The receipt is evidence of purchase of the property or service obtained in the exchange.-Printed:...