receipt

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Related terms 1.3.2 Translations 1.4 Verb 1.4.1 Translations 1.5 See also

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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

receipt (plural receipts)

1. The act of receiving, or the fact of having been received
2. (in plural) A quantity or amount received; takings

   This weekend's recepeipts alone cover our costs to mount the production!

3. A written acknowledgment that a specified article or sum of money has been received
4. A recipe, instructions, prescription
5. (obsolete) A receptacle
6. (obsolete) A revenue office

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• receivable
• receive
• receptive

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[edit] Verb

to receipt (third-person singular simple present receipts, present participle receipting, simple past and past participle receipted)

1. To give or write a receipt (for something)
2. To mark a bill as having been paid

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• rcpt