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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

/ ɪˈː /

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. archaic.
    another word for recipe
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. tr to acknowledge payment of (a bill), as by marking it
  2. to issue a receipt for (money, goods, etc)
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • ԴDz··𾱱 noun
  • ··𾱱 verb (used with object)
  • ܲ··𾱱· adjective
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51Թ 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
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of receipt1

C14: from Old Norman French receite , from Medieval Latin recepta , from Latin recipere to receive
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A few days later, the university received a pro forma email acknowledging receipt of Acharya’s appeal.

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Doge says it is working to upload all receipts in a "digestible and transparent manner".

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Doge says it is working to upload all receipts in a "digestible and transparent manner" and that, as of 20 April, it has posted receipts "representing around 30% of all total savings".

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"Gift cards, e-gift cards and credit receipts can't currently be used as a payment method in store or online," it said in response to one person on X.

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“In-N-Out will not give you guest number 69 on your receipt,” the company wrote in a social media post.

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