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noun

Receipt 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."

3.

Capability of receiving; capacity. (Obs.) "It has become a place of great receipt."

4.

Place of receiving. (Obs.) "He saw a man, named Matthew, sitting at the receipt of custom."

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."

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.

verb

Receipt v. t. (past & past part. receipted; pres. part. 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.

Receipt v. i. To give a receipt, as for money paid.

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