What does "receipt" mean?
The act of receiving, or the fact of having been received.
Receipt
/ɹɪˈsiːt/ noun, verb
noun, verb ·Common ·High school level
Meaning at a glance
- Primary sense: The act of receiving, or the fact of having been received.
- Grammar: receipt is listed as noun, verb.
- Nearest alternatives: acceptance, acceptance, acknowledge, acknowledge receipt of.
- Useful contrasts: bills, despatches, disbursement.
- Usage evidence: I lost my receipt. Can I still get a refund?
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 The act of receiving, or the fact of having been received. countable, uncountable
"A balance payable on receipt of the goods."
- 2 the act of receiving wordnet
- 3 The fact of having received a blow, injury etc. countable, obsolete, uncountable
"And therewith Sir Launcelot gate all his armoure as well as he myght and put hit upon hym for drede of more resseite[…]."
- 4 an acknowledgment (usually tangible) that payment has been made wordnet
- 5 A quantity or amount received; takings. countable, in-plural, uncountable
"This weekend's receipts alone cover our costs to mount the production!"
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- 6 A written acknowledgment that a specified article or sum of money has been received. countable, uncountable
- 7 (A piece of) evidence, documentation, etc. to prove one's past actions, accomplishments, etc. countable, plural-normally, uncountable
"So, Andy, if you ask me nicely, I might produce a receipt that is my marriage certificate."
- 8 (A piece of) evidence (e.g. documentation or screen captures) of past wrongdoing. Internet, broadly, countable, plural-normally, uncountable
""Oh yes, the Internet trolls went there, and we've got the receipts"."
- 9 A recipe, instructions, prescription. archaic, countable, uncountable
"She had a receipt to make white hair black."
- 10 A receptacle. countable, obsolete, uncountable
- 11 A revenue office. countable, obsolete, uncountable
- 12 Reception, as an act of hospitality. countable, obsolete, uncountable
"thy kind receipt of me"
- 13 Capability of receiving; capacity. countable, obsolete, uncountable
"It has become a place of great receipt."
- 14 A recess; a retired place. countable, obsolete, uncountable
Verb
- 1 To give or write a receipt (for something).
"to receipt delivered goods"
- 2 mark or stamp as paid wordnet
- 3 To put a receipt on, as by writing or stamping; to mark a bill as having been paid.
"to receipt a bill"
- 4 report the receipt of wordnet
Synonyms
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Example
"I lost my receipt. Can I still get a refund?"
Common questions
What is a synonym for "receipt"?
Common synonyms include: acceptance, acceptance, acknowledge, acknowledge receipt of, acknowledging, acknowledgment.
How do you use "receipt" in a sentence?
I lost my receipt. Can I still get a refund?
How do you pronounce "receipt"?
Pronounced /ɹɪˈsiːt/.
Etymology
From Middle English receyt, recorded since c. 1386 as "statement of ingredients in a potion or medicine," from Anglo-Norman or Old Northern French receite (“receipt, recipe”) (1304), altered (by influence of receit (“he receives”), from Latin recipit) from Old French recete, from Latin receptus, perfect passive participle of recipiō, itself from re- (“back”) + capiō (“I take”). The unpronounced p was later inserted to make the word appear closer to its Latin root. Doublet of recept and recipe. False cognate of Persian رسید (resid) (whence Urdu رسید (rasīd)).