The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Receipt \Re*ceipt"\ (r[-e]*s[=e]t"), 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.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. Reception, as an act of hospitality. [Obs.]
      [1913 Webster]

            Thy kind receipt of me.               --Chapman.
      [1913 Webster]

   3. Capability of receiving; capacity. [Obs.]
      [1913 Webster]

            It has become a place of great receipt. --Evelyn.
      [1913 Webster]

   4. Place of receiving. [Obs.]
      [1913 Webster]

            He saw a man, named Matthew, sitting at the receipt
            of custom.                            --Matt. ix. 9.
      [1913 Webster]

   5. Hence, a recess; a retired place. [Obs.] "In a retired
      receipt together lay." --Chapman.
      [1913 Webster]

   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.
      [1913 Webster]

            She had a receipt to make white hair black. --Sir T.
                                                  Browne.
      [1913 Webster]

   7. A writing acknowledging the taking or receiving of goods
      delivered; an acknowledgment of money paid.
      [1913 Webster]

   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.
      [1913 Webster]

   Gross receipts. See under Gross, a.
      [1913 Webster]

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. To put a receipt on, as by writing or stamping; as, to
      receipt a bill.
      [1913 Webster]

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Receipt \Re*ceipt"\, v. i.
   To give a receipt, as for money paid.
   [1913 Webster]

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

receipt
    n 1: the act of receiving [syn: reception, receipt]
    2: an acknowledgment (usually tangible) that payment has been
       made
    v 1: report the receipt of; "The program committee acknowledged
         the submission of the authors of the paper" [syn:
         acknowledge, receipt]
    2: mark or stamp as paid