return receipt

American  

noun

1. a card bearing the signature of the recipient of registered postal matter, for return to the sender as proof of receipt.

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return receipt

If you file on paper, you should ask for a postmark at the post-office counter or choose certified mail with a return receipt.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 26, 2026

It’s also a good idea to use a return receipt request when mailing the package.

From Encyclopedia.com ● Jun. 26, 2018

Send disputes through certified mail and request a return receipt to confirm delivery.

From Forbes ● Aug. 22, 2014

For another, it’s never wrong to get something lovely, while being thoughtful enough to enclose a return receipt.

From Slate ● May 28, 2014

Pleasant, Webster County, West Va., on April 16, 1879: Pleas find here enclosed Two Dollars & 50 cts $2 50 cts for which pleas place to my credit and return receipt to me for same.

From History of the Comstock Patent Medicine Business and Dr. Morse's Indian Root Pills by Robert B. Shaw