receipt
[ ri-seet ]
/ rɪˈsit /
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noun
verb (used with object)
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.).
verb (used without object)
to give a receipt, as for money or goods.
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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; see origin at receive
OTHER WORDS FROM receipt
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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