A Receiver General is an officer responsible for accepting payments on behalf of a government, and for making payments to a government on behalf of other parties. Receiver General is an alternative title for a Treasurer.
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“Flattery corrupts both the receiver and the giver.”
—Edmund Burke (1729–1797)
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