receipt
Americannoun
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a written acknowledgment of having received, or taken into one's possession, a specified amount of money, goods, etc.
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receipts, the amount or quantity received.
Economic austerity diminished the government’s tax receipts.
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the act of receiving or the state of being received.
We are in receipt of your letter requesting a copy of the report.
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something that is received.
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Slang. receipts, evidence or proof.
There's no way he's a crook—show me the receipts!
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Archaic. recipe.
verb (used with object)
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to acknowledge in writing the payment of (a bill).
The check was dated January 9, and the invoice was receipted on January 15.
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to give a receipt for (money, goods, etc.).
verb (used without object)
noun
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a written acknowledgment by a receiver of money, goods, etc, that payment or delivery has been made
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the act of receiving or fact of being received
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(usually plural) an amount or article received
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archaic another word for recipe
verb
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(tr) to acknowledge payment of (a bill), as by marking it
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to issue a receipt for (money, goods, etc)
Other Word Forms
- nonreceipt noun
- prereceipt verb (used with object)
- unreceipted adjective
Etymology
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; receive
Example Sentences
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"The primary mitigating action within the control of the Group is cash receipts from further player trading," the report adds.
From BBC
In a series of investigations, his team has paired GPS data with receipts and even personal bank records to catalog patterns of rolling misuse.
They will also be issued with a receipt.
From BBC
But even people who have never read a word of Adam Smith, David Ricardo or John Stuart Mill can read an electricity bill or a grocery-store receipt.
"The assertion that ransom was delivered by helicopter to insurgents, with cross-border confirmation of receipt, is fiction," Idris said in the statement.
From BBC
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