receipt

Noun · Verb

WordNet 3.0

Noun (2)

the act of receivingSynonyms: reception
an acknowledgment (usually tangible) that payment has been made

Verb (2)

report the receipt of“The program committee acknowledged the submission of the authors of the paper”Synonyms: acknowledge
mark or stamp as paid

Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

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]

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]

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