receipt
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[edit] Etymology
Recorded since c.1386 as "statement of ingredients in a potion or medicine," from Anglo-French or Old North French receite "receipt, recipe" (1304), altered (by influence of receit "he receives," from Vulgar Latin *recipit) from Old French recete, from Old French receptus, past participle of recipere, itself from re- 'back' + cipere (an alteration of capere 'to take')
[edit] Pronunciation
- IPA: /ɹɪsiːt/
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- Rhymes: -iːt
[edit] Noun
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receipt (plural receipts)
- The act of receiving, or the fact of having been received
- (in plural) A quantity or amount received; takings
- This weekend's recepeipts alone cover our costs to mount the production!
- A written acknowledgment that a specified article or sum of money has been received
- A recipe, instructions, prescription
- (obsolete) A receptacle
- (obsolete) A revenue office
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[edit] Translations
act of receiving
amount received
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written acknowledgement
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recipe
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[edit] Verb
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to receipt (third-person singular simple present receipts, present participle receipting, simple past and past participle receipted)
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to give a receipt
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