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

Instead, it reappears as a return receipt, a donation bag, or—an additional cost—an obligation to wear the sweater at least once in my presence.

From The Wall Street Journal

In fact, the receipt of benefits has often been used to classify an individual as “retired.”

From MarketWatch

Alibaba’s American depositary receipts—or ADRs, the company’s closest thing to U.S.-listed stock— have gained more than 75% this year, blowing the S&P 500 out of the water.

From Barron's

She urged people to make sure the number in their card matched the number on their receipt.

From BBC

Sales rose 1.2% from the month before, an advance tally of retailers’ receipts by Statistics Canada showed Friday.

From The Wall Street Journal

Related Words

• certificate
• voucher