4 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Receipt \Re*ceipt"\, 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.
2. Reception, as an act of hospitality. [Obs.]
Thy kind receipt of me --Chapman.
3. Capability of receiving; capacity. [Obs.]
It has become a place of great receipt. --Evelyn.
4. Place of receiving. [Obs.]
He saw a man, named Matthew, sitting at the receipt
of custom. --Matt. ix 9.
5. Hence a recess; a retired place [Obs.] ``In a retired
receipt together lay.'' --Chapman.
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. --Sir T.
Browne.
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.
{Cross receipts}. See under {Gross}, a.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.
2. To put a receipt on as by writing or stamping; as to
receipt a bill.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Receipt \Re*ceipt"\, v. i.
To give a receipt, as for money paid.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
receipt
n 1: the act of receiving [syn: {reception}, {receiving}]
2: an acknowledgment (usually tangible) that payment has been
made
v 1: acknowledge the receipt of [syn: {acknowledge}]
2: mark or stamp as paid
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