Definitions for the word "receipt" from multiple English dictionaries.
1. n.
The act of receiving; reception.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
2. n.
Reception, as an act of hospitality.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
3. n.
Capability of receiving; capacity.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
4. n.
Place of receiving.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
5. n.
Hence, a recess; a retired place.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
6. n.
A formulary according to the directions of which things are to be taken or combined; a recipe; as, a receipt for making sponge cake.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
7. n.
A writing acknowledging the taking or receiving of goods delivered; an acknowledgment of money paid.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
8. n.
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.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
9. v. t.
To give a receipt for; as, to receipt goods delivered by a sheriff.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
10. v. t.
To put a receipt on, as by writing or stamping; as, to receipt a bill.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
11. v. i.
To give a receipt, as for money paid.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
12. n.
1 receiving or being received. 2 written acknowledgement of payment received. 3 (usu. In pl.) Amount of money etc. Received. 4 archaic recipe. v. Place a written or printed receipt on (a bill). in receipt of having received. [anglo-french receite: related to *receive]
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884
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