Receipt

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɹɪˈsiːt/
• Rhymes: -iːt

Origin

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')

Full definition of receipt

Noun

1. The act of receiving, or the fact of having been received.
• Shakespeareat the receipt of your letter
2. (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 ...
3. (in the plural) A quantity or amount received; takingsThis weekend's receipts alone cover our costs to mount the production!
4. A written acknowledgment that a specified article or sum of money has been received
5. A recipe, instructions, prescription.
• Sir Thomas BrowneShe had a receipt to make white hair black.
6. (obsolete) A receptacle.
7. (obsolete) A revenue office.
8. (obsolete) Reception, as an act of hospitality.
• Chapmanthy kind receipt of me
9. (obsolete) Capability of receiving; capacity.
• EvelynIt has become a place of great receipt.
10. (obsolete) A recess; a retired place.
• Chapmanin a retired receipt together lay

Related terms

• receivable
• receive
• reception
• receptive

Verb

1. To give or write a receipt (for something)to receipt delivered goods
2. To put a receipt on, as by writing or stamping; to mark a bill as having been paidto receipt a bill

Anagrams

• picrete