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receipt |
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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