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Re·ceipt, v. t. [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.
Re·ceipt n.
1. The act of receiving; reception. “At the receipt of your letter.”
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.”
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, a.
Re·ceipt, v. i. To give a receipt, as for money paid.
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receipt
n 1: the act of receiving [syn: reception]
2: an acknowledgment (usually tangible) that payment has been
made
v 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