Receipt
Receipt (re*sēt") , noun
[Old English receite, Old French recete, recepte, French recette, from Latin recipere, receptum, to receive. See Receive.]
1.
The act of receiving; reception.
At the receipt of your letter.
2.
Reception, as an act of hospitality. [Obsolete]
Thy kind receipt of me.
3.
Capability of receiving; capacity. [Obsolete]
It has become a place of great receipt.
4.
Place of receiving. [Obsolete]
He saw a man, named Matthew, sitting at the receipt of custom.
5.
Hence, a recess; a retired place. [Obsolete]
In a retired receipt together lay.
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.
She had a receipt to make white hair black.
7.
A writing acknowledging the taking or receiving of goods delivered; an acknowledgment of money paid.
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.
Collocations (1)
Gross receipts , See under Gross, a.
Receipt , transitive verb
1.
To give a receipt for; as, to receipt goods delivered by a sheriff.
2.
To put a receipt on, as by writing or stamping; as, to receipt a bill.
Receipt , intransitive verb
To give a receipt, as for money paid.