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gift receipt

gift receipt noun: a record of a purchase, similar to a receipt but lacking indication of price.

Noun

gift receipt (plural gift receipts)

  1. A record of a purchase, similar to a receipt but lacking indication of price.

Forms of gift receipt

pluralgift receipts

Origin of gift receipt

This is similar to a receipt (produced by a store and presented to a purchaser as proof of purchase) but meant to passed to the purchased item's later, third-party recipient: that way, the recipient can return the gift to the store as needed, but does not immediately know the price that the purchaser paid.

Questions about gift receipt

What does gift receipt mean?
Gift receipt means a record of a purchase, similar to a receipt but lacking indication of price.
What part of speech is gift receipt?
Gift receipt is a noun.
What is the plural of gift receipt?
The plural of gift receipt is gift receipts.

Words near gift receipt in the dictionary

  1. gift horses
  2. gift matching
  3. gift of gab
  4. gift of the gab
  5. gift of tongues
  6. gift receipt
  7. gift receipts
  8. gift registries
  9. gift registry
  10. gift rope
  11. gift ropes

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