warehouse receipt

American  

noun

1. a receipt for goods placed in a warehouse.

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Etymology

Origin of warehouse receipt

First recorded in 1885–90

Example Sentences

Reply that you feel certain that satisfactory arrangements could be made if the cotton were stored in an accredited warehouse, so that you could accept the warehouse receipt as collateral.

From Business English A Practice Book by Buhlig, Rose

Dock′age, accommodation in docks for ships: dock-dues; Dock′er, one who works in the docks; Dock′-mas′ter, the person superintending a dock; Dock′-warr′ant, a warehouse receipt; Dock′yard, a naval establishment with docks, building-slips, stores, &c.;

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various