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re⋅ceipt
[ri-seet] 
–noun
| 1. | a written acknowledgment of having received a specified amount of money, goods, etc. |
| 2. | receipts, the amount or quantity received. |
| 3. | the act of receiving or the state of being received. |
| 4. | something that is received. |
| 5. | a recipe. |
–verb (used with object)
| 6. | to acknowledge in writing the payment of (a bill). |
| 7. | to give a receipt for (money, goods, etc.). |
–verb (used without object)
| 8. | to give a receipt, as for money or goods. |
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| re·ceipt (rĭ-sēt') n.
v. tr.
To give a receipt. [Middle English receite, from Old North French, from Medieval Latin recepta, medical prescription, money received, from Latin, feminine past participle of recipere, to receive; see receive.] |
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Receipt
Re*ceipt"\, n. [OE. receite, OF. recete, recepte, F. recette, fr. L. recipere, receptum, to receive. See Receive.]1. The act of receiving; reception. "At the receipt of your letter." --Shak. 2. Reception, as an act of hospitality. [Obs.] Thy kind receipt of me. --Chapman. 3. Capability of receiving; capacity. [Obs.] It has become a place of great receipt. --Evelyn. 4. Place of receiving. [Obs.] He saw a man, named Matthew, sitting at the receipt of custom. --Matt. ix. 9. 5. Hence, a recess; a retired place. [Obs.] "In a retired receipt together lay." --Chapman. 6. A formulary according to the directions of which things are to be taken or combined; a recipe; as, a receipt for making sponge cake. She had a receipt to make white hair black. --Sir T. Browne. 7. A writing acknowledging the taking or receiving of goods delivered; an acknowledgment of money paid. 8. 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; as, the receipts amounted to a thousand dollars. Cross receipts. See under Gross, a.Receipt
Re*ceipt"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Receipted; p. pr. & vb. n. Receipting.]1. To give a receipt for; as, to receipt goods delivered by a sheriff. 2. To put a receipt on, as by writing or stamping; as, to receipt a bill.Receipt
Re*ceipt"\, v. i. To give a receipt, as for money paid.
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Language Translation for : receipt
Spanish:
recibo, recepción,
German:
der Empfang,
Japanese:
受取り
receipt
c.1386, "statement of ingredients in a potion or medicine," from Anglo-Fr. or O.N.Fr. receite "receipt, recipe" (1304), altered (by influence of receit "he receives," from V.L. *recipit) from O.Fr. recete, from L. recepta "received," fem. pp. of recipere (see receive). Meaning "written acknowledgment of money or goods received" is from 1602.
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Main Entry: re·ceipt
Pronunciation: ri-'sEt
Function: noun
1 : the act, process, or fact of taking possession
2 : something (as income) received —usually used in pl.
3 : a writing acknowledging the receiving of goods or money
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