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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.
4.
something that is received.
5.
Archaic. recipe.
verb (used with object)
6.
to acknowledge in writing the payment of (a bill).
7.
to give a receipt for (money, goods, etc.).
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Receipting
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verb (used without object)
8.
to give a receipt, as for money or goods.
Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English receite < Anglo-French (Old French recoite) < Latin recepta, feminine past participle of recipere to receive
1350–1400; Middle English receite < Anglo-French (Old French recoite) < Latin recepta, feminine past participle of recipere to receive
Related forms
non·re·ceipt, noun
pre·re·ceipt, verb (used with object)
un·re·ceipt·ed, adjective
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Word Origin & History
receipt
late 14c., "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).
EXPANDMeaning "written acknowledgment of money or goods received" is from c.1600.
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