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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.

Origin:
1350–1400; ME receite < AF (OF recoite) < L recepta, fem. ptp. of recipere to receive
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re·ceipt   (rĭ-sēt')   
n.  
    1. The act of receiving: We are in receipt of your letter.

    2. The fact of being or having been received: They denied receipt of the shipment.

  1. A quantity or amount received. Often used in the plural: cash receipts.

  2. A written acknowledgment that a specified article, sum of money, or shipment of merchandise has been received.

  3. A recipe.

v.   re·ceipt·ed, re·ceipt·ing, re·ceipts

v.   tr.
  1. To mark (a bill) as having been paid.

  2. To give or write a receipt for (money paid or goods or services delivered).

v.   intr.
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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Word Origin & History

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.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Legal Dictionary

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
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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