 5 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
receipt
noun
1: the act of receiving [syn: {reception}]
2: an acknowledgment (usually tangible) that payment has been
made
verb
1: report the receipt of; "The program committee acknowledged
the submission of the authors of the paper" [syn: {acknowledge}]
2: mark or stamp as paid
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Receipt \Re*ceipt"\ (r[-e]*s[=e]t"), noun [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.
{Gross receipts}. See under {Gross}, adjective
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Receipt \Re*ceipt"\, verb (used with an object) [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 The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Receipt \Re*ceipt"\, verb (used without an object)
To give a receipt, as for money paid.
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
125 Moby Thesaurus words for "receipt":
acceptance, acknowledge receipt of, acknowledgment, acquire,
acquisition, acquittance, admission, admittance, aid, alterative,
analeptic, answer, answering, antiphon, arrival, assistance,
assumption, avails, back answer, back talk, backchat, balm, balsam,
box office, canceled check, comeback, commissions, corrective,
counterfoil, credit, credits, cure, delivery, derivation,
discharge, disposable income, dividend, dividends, earned income,
earnings, echo, evasive reply, form, formula, formulary, gains,
gate, gate receipts, get, getting, gross, gross income,
gross receipts, healing agent, healing quality, help, income,
intake, make, mark paid, net, net income, net receipts, output,
prescription, proceeds, produce, profits, quittance, reaction,
ready reply, receipt in full, receipts, receivables, receival,
receive, receiving, reception, recipe, refuge, rejoinder, release,
relief, remedial measure, remedy, repartee, replication, reply,
repost, rescript, rescription, respondence, response, responsion,
responsory, restorative, retort, return, returns, revenue,
reverberation, riposte, royalties, short answer, snappy comeback,
sovereign remedy, specific, specific remedy, stub, succor, take,
take-in, taking, taking in, takings, ticket, unearned income,
voucher, warrant, welcome, welcoming, witty reply, witty retort,
yes-and-no answer, yield
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