Receipt

Word RECEIPT
Character 7
Hyphenation re ceipt
Pronunciations /ɹɪˈsiːt/

Definitions and meanings of "Receipt"

What do we mean by receipt?

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. noun

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. intransitive verb

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).

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. noun

The act of receiving; reception. noun

The act of receiving, or the fact of having been received.

The fact of having received a blow, injury etc.

(in the plural) A quantity or amount received; takings.

A written acknowledgment that a specified article or sum of money has been received.

(usually in the plural) (A piece of) evidence, documentation, etc. to prove one's past actions, accomplishments, etc.

(usually in the plural, by extension) (A piece of) evidence (e.g. documentation or screen captures) of past wrongdoing or problematic behavior or statements.

(archaic in New England and rural US since end of 20th century, elsewhere since middle of 20th century) A recipe, instructions, prescription.

A receptacle.

A revenue office.

Reception, as an act of hospitality.

Capability of receiving; capacity.

A recess; a retired place.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Receipt

The word "receipt" in example sentences

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. ❋ Jane (1845)

I am in receipt of your e-mail and response to my enquiry to Mr. Bob ❋ Unknown (2010)

I am in receipt of a communication from your office dated September 15 with respect to my request for the release of the Reasons for Judgement in R.v. Fernando Manuel Alves. ❋ Unknown (2009)

I have a receipt from the post office which also lists the office's address in that manner. ❋ Unknown (2009)

You now "prove" you are a resident with a receipt from a motel or RV park proving you've spent the night there. ❋ Unknown (2010)

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. ❋ Unknown (2009)

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. ❋ Unknown (2010)

"Shut up, Mulligan!" was Bert Rhine's command, in receipt of which he received a venomous stare from the cripple. ❋ Unknown (2010)

On any one day, over 1,000,000 people are in receipt of poor-law relief in the United Kingdom. ❋ Unknown (2010)

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