receipt
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Etymology [edit]
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 [edit]
Noun [edit]
receipt (plural receipts)
- The act of receiving, or the fact of having been received
- (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 [...].
- 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur, Book VI:
- (in the plural) A quantity or amount received; takings
- This weekend's receipts 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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Translations [edit]
act of receiving
amount received
written acknowledgement
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recipe
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Verb [edit]
receipt (third-person singular simple present receipts, present participle receipting, simple past and past participle receipted)
- To give or write a receipt (for something)
- to receipt delivered goods
- To put a receipt on, as by writing or stamping; to mark a bill as having been paid
- to receipt a bill
Translations [edit]
to give a receipt
