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

To use your bar analogy: Japan has the receipt — they picked up the tab.

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But the FA does not take a share of gate receipts, so that is an irrelevant argument when discussing equal prize money.

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Some said Miles had borrowed money and not repaid it, while one person posted a receipt from a London nightclub with a staggering bill, saying: "Where's your friend? He owes me £200k."

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An advance tally of receipts by Statistics Canada indicates retail sales were relatively unchanged in October.

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"While spending on public services and benefits were both up on October last year, this was more than offset by increased receipts from taxes and National Insurance contributions," he said.

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Related Words

• certificate 
• voucher