receipt

[ ri-seet ]

noun

1. a written acknowledgment of having received, or taken into one's possession, a specified amount of money, goods, etc.
2. receipts, the amount or quantity received:

   Economic austerity diminished the government’s tax receipts.

3. the act of receiving or the state of being received:

   We are in receipt of your letter requesting a copy of the report.

4. something that is received.
5. receipts, Slang. evidence or proof:

   There's no way he's a crook—show me the receipts!

6. Archaic. recipe.

verb (used with object)

1. to acknowledge in writing the payment of (a bill):

   The check was dated January 9, and the invoice was receipted on January 15.

2. to give a receipt for (money, goods, etc.).

verb (used without object)

1. to give a receipt, as for money or goods.

receipt

/ rɪˈsiːt /

noun

1. a written acknowledgment by a receiver of money, goods, etc, that payment or delivery has been made
2. the act of receiving or fact of being received
3. usually plural an amount or article received
4. See recipe
   archaic.
   another word for recipe

verb

1. tr to acknowledge payment of (a bill), as by marking it
2. to issue a receipt for (money, goods, etc)

Other Words From

• non·re·ceipt noun
• pre·re·ceipt verb (used with object)
• un·re·ceipt·ed adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of receipt¹

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; receive

Word History and Origins

Origin of receipt¹

C14: from Old Norman French receite , from Medieval Latin recepta , from Latin recipere to receive

Example Sentences

"Tesla said that this would be "initially on a limited basis, which we may or may not liquidate upon receipt.

From Ars Technica

Users can attach receipts and information to each transaction for accounting purposes.

From TechCrunch

The officer brought her the receipt, which she signed before being released.

From Washington Post

Vault provides a detailed receipt highlighting the cost of the test that can be submitted to insurance for reimbursement through the CARES Act, and the company also accepts HSA and FSA funds.

From Fortune

Photographs, videos, receipts, social media posts, medical records, school transcripts, search histories.

From MIT Technology Review

Many applicants had tentative agreements for real estate contingent upon the receipt of their license.

From The Daily Beast

Waiting in a pub with a bulging parcel of cash, the former asks “Will we get a receipt?”

From The Daily Beast

This allowed them to isolate the variable under study: receipt of multivitamins.

From The Daily Beast

Sawers dismissed claims that journalists in receipt of the Snowden leaks had ensured nothing sensitive was published.

From The Daily Beast

If you requested cash, the money is dispensed and an electronic receipt is sent.

From The Daily Beast

The expatriated ex-rebels became alarmed by the non-receipt of the indemnity instalment and the news from their homes.

From Project Gutenberg

The board will immediately notify the federal reserve bank of the receipt of such notice.

From Project Gutenberg

The federal reserve bank shall, however, give a receipt for the stock surrendered.

From Project Gutenberg

A bailee who was a cold storage keeper, stated in his receipt "all damage to property is at the owner's risk."

From Project Gutenberg

A bailee received some cheese and gave a receipt slating that it was to be kept at the owner's risk of loss from water.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• certificate
• voucher