receiving end

noun

the position in which one is subject to some kind of action or effect, especially an unpleasant one (usually used in the phrase at or on the receiving end ):
The corporation is on the receiving end of many complaints about its advertising.

First recorded in 1930–35

Why, then, does working in one almost guarantee a waitress, hostess, or bartender will be at the receiving end of such harassment?

Yet I was hugged, inundated with compliments, and told how strong I was for being on the receiving end.

One has to believe that Brazil was at the receiving end of some great celestial wrath.

Modern society hates pride, too, and no one on the receiving end of such arrogance finds it very satisfying or helpful.

Done incorrectly, they can land an actress on the receiving end of hate-tweeting.

It meant that the sender wished to know if the burden of his message was being fully sensed by the one at the receiving end.

Now, at three gravities, one did not feel on the receiving end of a violent thrust, but one did feel utterly worn out and spent.

It will be an offense, though,” smiled Margaret, “and the juniors will be on the receiving end of our verbal attack.

At the receiving end the drum is covered with photographic paper and enclosed in a light-tight box.

The receiving end of the kiln should always be kept moist, where the stock has not been steamed before being put into the kiln.

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