receipt

American  

[ri-seet] / rɪˈsit /

noun

1. a written acknowledgment of having received, or taken into one's possession, a specified amount of money, goods, etc.

2. receipts, the amount or quantity received.

   Economic austerity diminished the government’s tax receipts.

3. the act of receiving or the state of being received.

   We are in receipt of your letter requesting a copy of the report.

4. something that is received.

5. Slang.  receipts, evidence or proof.

   There's no way he's a crook—show me the receipts!

6. Archaic.  recipe.

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verb (used with object)

1. to acknowledge in writing the payment of (a bill).

   The check was dated January 9, and the invoice was receipted on January 15.

2. to give a receipt for (money, goods, etc.).

verb (used without object)

1. to give a receipt, as for money or goods.

receipt British  

/ rɪˈsiːt /

noun

1. a written acknowledgment by a receiver of money, goods, etc, that payment or delivery has been made

2. the act of receiving or fact of being received

3. (usually plural) an amount or article received

4. archaic  another word for recipe

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verb

1. (tr) to acknowledge payment of (a bill), as by marking it

2. to issue a receipt for (money, goods, etc)

Other Word Forms

• nonreceipt noun
• prereceipt verb (used with object)
• unreceipted adjective

Etymology

Origin of receipt

First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English receite, receyt, from Anglo-French, from Old French recete, reçoite, recoite or directly from Medieval Latin recepta “money received, receipt, recipe,” feminine past participle of recipere “to receive,” from Latin; receive

Example Sentences

Under the new policy, travelers who hold an older form of ID will be required to pay the fee on pay.gov and show a receipt at an initial Transportation Security Administration checkpoint, the agency said Monday.

From The Wall Street Journal

A spokesperson for Kensington Palace has also said that the Prince of Wales voluntarily pays the top rate of income and capital gains tax on all his personal income, including receipts from the Duchy.

From BBC

On 4 November, she used a rare pre-Budget speech in Downing Street to warn the UK's productivity was weaker "than previously thought" and that "has consequences for the public finances too, in lower tax receipts."

From BBC

Then came the daily announcements and receipts documenting scandalous spending outrages, not all of which lived up to their original billing.

From The Wall Street Journal

That helped take monthly receipts to $404 billion, an October record.

From Barron's

Related Words

• certificate
• voucher