receipt

English

Etymology

Recorded since c.1386 as "statement of ingredients in a potion or medicine," from Anglo-Norman or Old Northern 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')

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɹɪˈsiːt/

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• Rhymes: -iːt

Noun

receipt (plural receipts)

1. The act of receiving, or the fact of having been received
2. (obsolete) The fact of having received a blow, injury etc.
   • 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur, Book VI:

     And therewith Sir Launcelot gate all his armoure as well as he myght and put hit upon hym for drede of more resseite [...].

3. (in the plural) A quantity or amount received; takings

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

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

Related terms

• receivable
• receive
• reception
• receptive

Translations

act of receiving

Dutch: ontvangst (nl), ontvangen (nl) n. Finnish: kuittaus (fi) French: réception (fr) f. German: Empfang (de) m. Greek: Αποδοχή (el) (Apodohi)

Hungarian: átvétel (hu) Italian: ricezione (it) f. Macedonian: примање (mk) (prímanje) n. Malagasy: ray (mg) Russian: получение (ru) (polučénije) n., приём (ru) (prijóm) m.

amount received

Dutch: ontvangsten (nl) pl., inkomsten (nl)

written acknowledgement

Arabic: ايصال (ar) ('iSaal) m. Chinese: Mandarin: 收條 (zh), 收条 (zh) (shōutiáo), 發票 (zh), 发票 (zh) (fāpiào) Czech: stvrzenka (cs) f., účtenka (cs) f. Danish: kvittering (da) Dutch: ontvangsbewijs (nl) n., kwitantie (nl), bonnetje (nl) n. Finnish: kuitti (fi) French: for money or for hand-given thing: reçu m., récépissé; for owed money: any of the preceding or quittance (specially for rents); for sent e-mail, letter, parcel: accusé de réception Georgian: please add this translation if you can German: Empfangsbestätigung (de) f., Quittung (de) f. Hungarian: nyugta (hu), elismervény (hu)

Italian: quietanza (it) f., ricevuta (it) f. Japanese: 領収書 (ja) (りょうしゅうしょ, ryōshūsho) Korean: 영수증 (ko) (yeongsujeung) (領收證 (ko)) Macedonian: потврда (mk) (pótvrda) f., сметкопотврда (mk) (smetkopótvrda) f., белешка (mk) (béleška) f. Norwegian: kvittering (no) Polish: paragon (pl) m. Portuguese: recibo (pt) m., nota fiscal (pt) f. Romanian: please add this translation if you can Russian: квитанция (ru) (kvitáncija) f., расписка (ru) (raspíska) f. Spanish: recibo (es) m. Swedish: kvitto (sv) n.

recipe

Dutch: recept (nl), voorschrift (nl) n. Finnish: resepti (fi) Macedonian: рецепт (mk) (recépt) m. Norwegian: oppskrift (no)

Russian: рецепт (ru) (recépt) m. Spanish: receta (es) Swedish: recept (sv) n.

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Japanese: 受け取り (uketori), 領収 (ryōshū), 領収証 (ryōshūshū), 受領書 (juryōshū), 受領証 (juryōshū), レシット (rishitto)

Verb

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

Translations

to give a receipt

Dutch: een ontvangstbewijs geven Finnish: kuitata, antaa kuitti

Macedonian: издава (mk) (ízdava)

to mark a bill

Dutch: voor ontvangst aftekenen

Finnish: kuitata (fi)

See also

• rcpt

Anagrams

• picrete