reception

noun

• The act of receiving.
• The act or ability to receive radio or similar signals.

  "The new system provides exceptional quality of the reception signal."

• A social engagement, usually to formally welcome someone.

  "After the wedding we proceeded to the reception."

• A reaction; the treatment received on first talking to a person, arriving at a place, etc.

  "The ambassador's jokes met a cold reception."

• The desk of a hotel or office where guests are received.
• The school year, or part thereof, between preschool and Year 1, when children are introduced to formal education.
• The conscious adoption or transplantation of legal phenomena from a different culture.