receipt
[ ri-seet ]
/ rɪˈsit /
noun
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.
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Nearby words
recast, recce, recd, recd., recede, receipt, receiptor, receivable, receive, received, received pronunciation
Origin of receipt
1350–1400; Middle English receite < Anglo-French (Old French recoite) < Latin recepta, feminine past participle of recipere to receive
Related forms
non·re·ceipt, nounpre·re·ceipt, verb (used with object)un·re·ceipt·ed, adjectiveDictionary.com Unabridged
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British Dictionary definitions for receipt
receipt
/ (rɪˈsiːt) /
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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