katerina turevich (asker) Nov 28, 2014:

Right, I would say it's more 'obtain' as an active agent. This document authorizes one to...
But it is also of course "receive" in all its senses, not least of which is having the right to 'have' this documentation. And that is really what I am looking for: a combination of both. The person is authorized to obtain documentation which the Company is entitled to receive. The person is acting on behalf of the Company. My little bit of a problem with it is that I already use óbtain' earlier on and throughout all these sentences delineating what there is to be obtained, or submiitted or signed or etc. And then still each sentence ends with a 'receive'. is that a bit funny?
It's not that bad: each of these sentences takes 1/3 of a page, it will be hardly noticeable.

Evgeny Artemov (X) Nov 28, 2014:

Right. But it's unlikely 'receive'. You've got to obtain what you are entitled to receive in Russia, if you know what I mean.
Take the proverbial spravka, for example. ;-). Or a copy of your CoB. Every case is a saga.
Let alone razreshitelnaya documentatsiya with all appropriate consents, approvals and clearances.
(The more so that asker says 'obtain'.)

The Misha Nov 28, 2014:

Receive vs obtain There's yet another subtle issue you seem to be disregard ing here. Obtain implies xxx will be getting it through its own a efforts while receive means they want someone to give it to them, which is most likely the case