receipt
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: Economic austerity diminished the government’s tax receipts.
the act of receiving or the state of being received: We are in receipt of your letter requesting a copy of the report.
something that is received.
receipts, Slang. evidence or proof: There's no way he's a crook—show me the receipts!
Archaic. recipe.
to acknowledge in writing the payment of (a bill): The check was dated January 9, and the invoice was receipted on January 15.
to give a receipt for (money, goods, etc.).
to give a receipt, as for money or goods.
Origin of receipt
1Other words from receipt
- non·re·ceipt, noun
- pre·re·ceipt, verb (used with object)
- un·re·ceipt·ed, adjective
Words Nearby receipt
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How to use receipt in a sentence
"Tesla said that this would be "initially on a limited basis, which we may or may not liquidate upon receipt.
Tesla buys $1.5 billion in bitcoin, sending its price soaring | Timothy B. Lee | February 8, 2021 | Ars TechnicaUsers can attach receipts and information to each transaction for accounting purposes.
Corporate credit card platform Moss raises $25.5 million | Romain Dillet | January 15, 2021 | TechCrunchThe officer brought her the receipt, which she signed before being released.
These are the police misconduct lawsuits the public hears little about | Paul Schwartzman | December 25, 2020 | Washington PostVault provides a detailed receipt highlighting the cost of the test that can be submitted to insurance for reimbursement through the CARES Act, and the company also accepts HSA and FSA funds.
How Hawaii’s COVID-19 testing program could serve as the blueprint for a broader reopening of international travel | Rachel King | December 20, 2020 | FortunePhotographs, videos, receipts, social media posts, medical records, school transcripts, search histories.
Many applicants had tentative agreements for real estate contingent upon the receipt of their license.
Waiting in a pub with a bulging parcel of cash, the former asks “Will we get a receipt?”
This allowed them to isolate the variable under study: receipt of multivitamins.
How Lobbyists Will Keep You Hooked on Vitamins | Paul A. Offit | December 21, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTSawers dismissed claims that journalists in receipt of the Snowden leaks had ensured nothing sensitive was published.
If you requested cash, the money is dispensed and an electronic receipt is sent.
The expatriated ex-rebels became alarmed by the non-receipt of the indemnity instalment and the news from their homes.
The Philippine Islands | John ForemanThe board will immediately notify the federal reserve bank of the receipt of such notice.
Readings in Money and Banking | Chester Arthur PhillipsThe federal reserve bank shall, however, give a receipt for the stock surrendered.
Readings in Money and Banking | Chester Arthur PhillipsA bailee who was a cold storage keeper, stated in his receipt "all damage to property is at the owner's risk."
Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman | Albert Sidney BollesA bailee received some cheese and gave a receipt slating that it was to be kept at the owner's risk of loss from water.
Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman | Albert Sidney Bolles
British Dictionary definitions for receipt
/ (rɪˈsiːt) /
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
(tr) to acknowledge payment of (a bill), as by marking it
mainly US to issue a receipt for (money, goods, etc)
Origin of receipt
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