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| re·ceipt [ ri st ] |
noun (plural re·ceipts) |
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1. acknowledgment of receipt: a written or printed acknowledgment that things such as sums of money have been given to the person who issues the acknowledgment
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2. act of receiving: the fact or time of receiving something
  The balance is payable on receipt of the goods.
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3. cooking
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dated
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Same as recipe (sense 1)
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plural noun re·ceipts |
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amount received: the amount of money or goods received, especially in business
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verb (past and past participle re·ceipt·ed, present participle re·ceipt·ing, 3rd person present singular re·ceipts) |
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1. transitive verb acknowledge payment: to sign a bill to acknowledge that it has been paid
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2. transitive and intransitive verb give receipt: to give a receipt for money or goods
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| [14th century. < Anglo-Norman or Old N French receite "(medicinal) recipe, receipt" < Latin recipere (see receive)] |
