receipt Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the act of receiving
    reception.
  2. noun an acknowledgment (usually tangible) that payment has been made
  3. verb report the receipt of
    acknowledge.
    • The program committee acknowledged the submission of the authors of the paper
  4. verb mark or stamp as paid

WordNet

Re*ceipt" noun
Etymology
OE. receite, OF. recete, recepte, F. recette, fr. L. recipere, receptum, to receive. See Receive.
Definitions
  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.
Re*ceipt" transitive verb
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Receipted; present participle & verbal noun Receipting
Definitions
  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" intransitive verb
Definitions
  1. To give a receipt, as for money paid.

Webster 1913