receipt

[ri-seet]

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noun

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

receipts, the amount or quantity received.

the act of receiving or the state of being received.

something that is received.

Archaic. recipe.

verb (used with object)

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

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

verb (used without object)

to give a receipt, as for money or goods.

Origin of receipt

1350–1400; Middle English receite < Anglo-French (Old French recoite) < Latin recepta, feminine past participle of recipere to receive

Related formsnon·re·ceipt, nounpre·re·ceipt, verb (used with object)un·re·ceipt·ed, adjective

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Related Words for receipt

voucher, certificate, notice, slip, quittance, chit, stub, letter, declaration, release, discharge, cancellation, counterfoil, arrival, admission, acceptance, accession, reception, receiving, taking

Examples from the Web for receipt

Contemporary Examples of receipt

Many applicants had tentative agreements for real estate contingent upon the receipt of their license.
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Valerie Vande Panne
March 4, 2014
Waiting in a pub with a bulging parcel of cash, the former asks “Will we get a receipt?”
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Andrew Fox
February 28, 2014
This allowed them to isolate the variable under study: receipt of multivitamins.
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Paul A. Offit
December 21, 2013
Sawers dismissed claims that journalists in receipt of the Snowden leaks had ensured nothing sensitive was published.
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Nico Hines
November 7, 2013
She bought a rifle and ammunition, according to the police report, which included a receipt from the transaction.
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David Frum
April 29, 2013

Historical Examples of receipt

He thought I was at the bottom of the sea, and the receipt with me.
Brave and Bold
Horatio Alger
I have to acknowledge the receipt of your two letters, dated 23d and 25th inst.
A Sketch of the Life of Brig. Gen. Francis Marion
William Dobein James
I have to acknowledge the receipt of your favours of the 22d and 29th ult.
A Sketch of the Life of Brig. Gen. Francis Marion
William Dobein James
Yates had one receipt for making the acquaintance of all mankind.
In the Midst of Alarms
Robert Barr
I ought yesterday to have acknowledged the receipt of your parcel.
Clarissa, Volume 2 (of 9)
Samuel Richardson

British Dictionary definitions for receipt

receipt

noun

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

the act of receiving or fact of being received

(usually plural) an amount or article received

archaic another word for recipe

verb

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

mainly US to issue a receipt for (money, goods, etc)

Word Origin for receipt

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

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Word Origin and History for receipt

late 14c., "act of receiving;" also "statement of ingredients in a potion or medicine;" from Anglo-French or Old North French receite "receipt, recipe, prescription" (c.1300), altered (by influence of receit "he receives," from Vulgar Latin *recipit) from Old French recete, from Latin recepta "received," fem. past participle of recipere (see receive). Meaning "written acknowledgment of money or goods received" is from c.1600.