Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The act of receiving.
- noun The fact of being or having been received.
- noun A quantity or amount received.
- noun A written acknowledgment that a specified article, sum of money, or shipment of merchandise has been received.
- noun A recipe.
- intransitive verb To mark (a bill) as having been paid.
- intransitive verb To give or write a receipt for (money paid or goods or services delivered).
- intransitive verb To give a receipt.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To receive; harbor.
- To give a receipt for; acknowledge in writing the payment of: as, to
receipt a bill (usually by writing upon the bill “Received payment” and the creditor's signature). - noun A thing received; that which is received by transfer; the amount or quantity of what is received from other hands: as, the receipts of cotton at a port.
- noun The act or state of receiving by transfer or transmission; a taking of that which is delivered or passed over; a getting or obtaining: as, the receipt of money or of a letter; he is in the receipt of a good income.
- noun A written acknowledgment of having received something specified, with date, source, signature, and such other particulars as the case requires.
- noun A formula or prescription for the making of something, or the production of some effect; a statement of that which is to be taken or done for some purpose: distinguished from
recipe by the common restriction of that word to medical or related uses: as, a receipt for a pudding; a receipt for gaining popularity. - noun Reception; admittance; a granting of entrance or admission.
- noun A. place for the reception of persons or things; a place where anything is received or taken in; a station or a receptacle for lodgment.
- noun Power of receiving or taking in; extent of accommodation; fitness for holding or containing.
- noun Synonyms Recipe, etc. See
reception .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- intransitive verb To give a receipt, as for money paid.
- transitive verb To give a receipt for.
- transitive verb To put a receipt on, as by writing or stamping.
- noun The act of receiving; reception.
- noun obsolete Reception, as an act of hospitality.
- noun obsolete Capability of receiving; capacity.
- noun obsolete Place of receiving.
- noun obsolete Hence, a recess; a retired place.
- noun A formulary according to the directions of which things are to be taken or combined; a recipe.
- noun A writing acknowledging the taking or receiving of goods delivered; an acknowledgment of money paid.
- noun That which is received; that which comes in, in distinction from what is expended, paid out, sent away, and the like; -- usually in the plural.
- noun See under
Gross , a.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The act of
receiving , or the fact of having beenreceived - noun obsolete The fact of having received a
blow ,injury etc. - noun in the plural A
quantity oramount received;takings - noun A
written acknowledgment that aspecified article orsum ofmoney has been received - noun A
recipe ,instructions , prescription - noun obsolete A
receptacle - noun obsolete A
revenue office - verb To
give orwrite a receipt (for something) - verb To
mark abill as having beenpaid
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb mark or stamp as paid
- noun the act of receiving
- verb report the receipt of
- noun an acknowledgment (usually tangible) that payment has been made
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The other receipt is as follows: – Take of grated bread, mashed potatoes, grated carrot, chopped suet, currants, and sugar, each a quarter of a pound, two eggs beaten up with a little salt, and a little grated nutmeg and lemon-peel, with a very little powdered cinnamon to flavour it.
The Lady's Country Companion: or, How to Enjoy a Country Life Rationally Jane 1845
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I am in receipt of your e-mail and response to my enquiry to Mr. Bob
WILLIAM HOLDEN 2010
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Knowing full well that almost anything could happen to it in transit to the main office, I relented an paid a 15% customs duty fee on the amount shown on my receipt from the supplier.
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Knowing full well that almost anything could happen to it in transit to the main office, I relented an paid a 15% customs duty fee on the amount shown on my receipt from the supplier.
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I have a receipt from the post office which also lists the office's address in that manner.
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"Shut up, Mulligan!" was Bert Rhine's command, in receipt of which he received a venomous stare from the cripple.
CHAPTER XLII 2010
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Glennda the Beckerhead can say these things because in his back pocket he has the receipt from the loaves and fishes miracle showing Jesus charged a fair market price for the produce and made a tidy little profit, and because those missions the mormons run to age their football players are not about helping the less fortunate but about proselytizing and adding converts.
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I have a receipt from the post office which also lists the office's address in that manner.
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On any one day, over 1,000,000 people are in receipt of poor-law relief in the United Kingdom.
THE HUNGER WAIL 2010
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Knowing full well that almost anything could happen to it in transit to the main office, I relented an paid a 15% customs duty fee on the amount shown on my receipt from the supplier.
ruzuzu commented on the word receipt
"6. A formula or prescription for the making of something, or the production of some effect; a statement of that which is to be taken or done for some purpose: distinguished from recipe by the common restriction of that word to medical or related uses: as, a receipt for a pudding; a receipt for gaining popularity." --Cent. Dict.
June 16, 2011