receipt

[ ri-seet ]

/ rɪˈsit /

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noun

a written acknowledgment of having received, or taken into one's possession, a specified amount of money, goods, etc.

receipts, the amount or quantity received: Economic austerity diminished the government’s tax receipts.

the act of receiving or the state of being received: We are in receipt of your letter requesting a copy of the report.

something that is received.

receipts, Slang. evidence or proof: There's no way he's a crook—show me the receipts!

Archaic. recipe.

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, adjective

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How to use receipt in a sentence

“I was so paranoid that I would shred the receipts,” she said.
Inside A Finishing School for Transwomen|Sharon Adarlo|December 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Total receipts were $9,501,795, with expenses of $9,447,467 and $381,098 benefiting candidates.
Flushing Money Down the Tea Party Toilet|Tom Dougherty|August 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Total receipts were $10,659,371, with expenses of $9,263,753 and $1,027,354 benefiting candidates.
Flushing Money Down the Tea Party Toilet|Tom Dougherty|August 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Total receipts were $3,801,897, with expenses of $3,675,432 and $326,810 benefiting candidates.
Flushing Money Down the Tea Party Toilet|Tom Dougherty|August 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Total receipts were $2,068,666, with expenses of $2,120,019 and $106,000 benefiting candidates.
Flushing Money Down the Tea Party Toilet|Tom Dougherty|August 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST
But the continual drafts had kept ever in advance of the receipts, draining the exchequer—crippling its faculties.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXIX. January, 1844. Vol. LV.|Various
Railway expectations ran high; immense traffic receipts, sorely needed, ought to have swelled the coffers of the companies.
Fifty Years of Railway Life in England, Scotland and Ireland|Joseph Tatlow
"Scamps would claim money twice over when they could," said Mr. Carr; and Elster was a careless man, always losing his receipts.
Elster's Folly|Mrs. Henry Wood
The revenue collected within the province (including the customs receipts) is spent therein.
The Philippine Islands|John Foreman
The elevator company must keep on hand enough grain to meet all outstanding receipts.
Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman|Albert Sidney Bolles

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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