receipt

[ri-seet]

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.

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

/ 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

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of receipt¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of receipt¹

C14: from Old Norman French receite , from Medieval Latin recepta , from Latin recipere to _receive

Example Sentences

Researchers at Stanford found that receipt of billions of dollars in direct subsidies from Beijing was “linked with lower firm productivity growth and only modest growth in R&D spending in subsequent years.”

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A gross receipts tax is charged on the full price at every stage of production.

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The national data agency’s advance tally of receipts indicated retail sales fell 0.7% from the month before in September.

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These require the government to "facilitate receipt" of information on alleged gross violations of human rights by military units supplied by Washington.

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DHS has not acknowledged receipt, said a spokesperson for Sen. Patty Murray, a Democrat from Washington who organized the letter.

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Related Words

• certificate 
• voucher