receipt
[ri-seet]
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- to acknowledge in writing the payment of (a bill).
- to give a receipt for (money, goods, etc.).
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- to give a receipt, as for money or goods.
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Origin of receipt
1350–1400; Middle English receite < Anglo-French (Old French recoite) < Latin recepta, feminine past participle of recipere to receive
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Examples from the Web for receipt
Contemporary Examples
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.
Sawers dismissed claims that journalists in receipt of the Snowden leaks had ensured nothing sensitive was published.
She bought a rifle and ammunition, according to the police report, which included a receipt from the transaction.
Historical Examples
He thought I was at the bottom of the sea, and the receipt with me.
Brave and BoldHoratio 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 MarionWilliam 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 MarionWilliam Dobein James
Yates had one receipt for making the acquaintance of all mankind.
In the Midst of AlarmsRobert Barr
I ought yesterday to have acknowledged the receipt of your parcel.
Clarissa, Volume 2 (of 9)Samuel Richardson
receipt
- 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
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- (tr) to acknowledge payment of (a bill), as by marking it
- mainly US to issue a receipt for (money, goods, etc)
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Word Origin
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
n.
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.
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