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receipt.

The act of receiving, or the fact of having been received.

7 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ɹɪˈsiːt/Received-Pronunciation/ɹɪˈsit/Canada, General-American/ɹɪˈsiːt/Australia[ɹɪˈsɪit]Australia
  1. The act of receiving, or the fact of having been received.

    countable · uncountable
    A balance payable on receipt of the goods.
  2. The fact of having received a blow, injury etc.

    countable · obsolete · uncountable
  3. A quantity or amount received; takings.

    countable · in-plural · uncountable
    This 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.

    countable · uncountable
  5. (A piece of) evidence, documentation, etc. to prove one's past actions, accomplishments, etc.

    countable · plural-normally · uncountable
  6. (A piece of) evidence (e.g. documentation or screen captures) of past wrongdoing.

    Internet · broadly · countable · plural-normally · uncountable
  7. A recipe, instructions, prescription.

    archaic · countable · uncountable
  8. A receptacle.

    countable · obsolete · uncountable
  9. A revenue office.

    countable · obsolete · uncountable
  10. Reception, as an act of hospitality.

    countable · obsolete · uncountable
  11. Capability of receiving; capacity.

    countable · obsolete · uncountable
  12. A recess; a retired place.

    countable · obsolete · uncountable
Where this word comes from

From Middle English receyt, 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 Latin recipit) from Old French recete, from Latin receptus, perfect passive participle of recipiō, itself from re- (“back”) + capiō (“to take”). The unpronounced p was later inserted to make the word appear closer to its Latin root. Doublet of recept and recipe. False cognate of Persian رسید (resid) (whence Urdu رسید (rasīd)).

verb/ɹɪˈsiːt/Received-Pronunciation/ɹɪˈsit/Canada, General-American/ɹɪˈsiːt/Australia[ɹɪˈsɪit]Australia
  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 paid.

    to receipt a bill
Where this word comes from

From Middle English receyt, 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 Latin recipit) from Old French recete, from Latin receptus, perfect passive participle of recipiō, itself from re- (“back”) + capiō (“to take”). The unpronounced p was later inserted to make the word appear closer to its Latin root. Doublet of recept and recipe. False cognate of Persian رسید (resid) (whence Urdu رسید (rasīd)).

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