receipt
UK/ɹɪˈsiːt//ɹɪˈsit/
receipt noun: the act of receiving, or the fact of having been received.
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Noun
receipt (countable and uncountable, plural receipts)
- The act of receiving, or the fact of having been received.
- A balance payable on receipt of the goods.
- Your Grace shall understand that at the receipt of your letter I am very sickc. 1596–1598 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...
- The fact of having received a blow, injury etc.
- And therewith Sir Launcelot gate all his armoure as well as he myght and put hit upon hym for drede of more resseite[…].1470–1485 (date produced), Thomas Malory, “Capitulum xvi”, in [Le Morte Darthur], book VI, [London: […] by William Caxton], published 31 July 1485, →OCLC; republished as H[einrich] Oskar Sommer...
- A quantity or amount received; takings.
- This weekend's receipts alone cover our costs to mount the production!
- A written acknowledgment that a specified article or sum of money has been received.
- (A piece of) evidence, documentation, etc. to prove one's past actions, accomplishments, etc.
- So, Andy, if you ask me nicely, I might produce a receipt that is my marriage certificate.2020, “Reunion Part 1”, in The Real Housewives of Atlanta, season 12, episode 24
- (A piece of) evidence (e.g. documentation or screen captures) of past wrongdoing.
- "Oh yes, the Internet trolls went there, and we've got the receipts".2020 December 1, Lindsey Wisniewski, “Darius Slay's Wikipedia page edited to claim DK Metcalf as his father”, in NBC Sports
- A recipe, instructions, prescription.
- She had a receipt to make white hair black.1650, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], 2nd edition, London: […] A[braham] Miller, for Edw[ard] Dod and Nath[aniel] Ekins, […], →OCLC
- Nor were we without guests: sometimes farmer Flamborough, our talkative neighbour, and often the blind piper, would pay us a visit, and taste our gooseberry wine; for the making of which we had lost neither the receipt nor the reputation.1766, Oliver Goldsmith, chapter 4, in The Vicar of Wakefield
- A receptacle.
- A revenue office.
- Reception, as an act of hospitality.
- thy kind receipt of me1614–1615, Homer, “(please specify the book number)”, in Geo[rge] Chapman, transl., Homer’s Odysses. […], London: […] Rich[ard] Field [and William Jaggard], for Nathaniell Butter, published 1615...
- Capability of receiving; capacity.
- It has become a place of great receipt.1644, John Evelyn, diary entry 21 October, 1644
- A recess; a retired place.
Verb
receipt (third-person singular simple present receipts, present participle receipting, simple past and past participle receipted)
receipt meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
receipt in Hindi
- act of receiving
- प्राप्ति prāpti
- written acknowledgement
- रसीद rasīd, प्राप्ति prāpti
receipt in Tamil
- பற்றுச்சீட்டு
receipt in Marathi
- पावती, प्राप्ती
receipt in Urdu
- written acknowledgement
- رَسِید rasīd
More languagesFewer languages
- receipt in Bengali
- রসিদ rośid
- receipt in Telugu
- రసీదు rasīdu
- receipt in Malayalam
- രസീത് rasītŭ
- receipt in Kannada
- ರಸೀದಿ rasīdi
- receipt in Punjabi
- ਰਸੀਦ
- receipt in Gujarati
- રસીદ rasīd, પાવતી pāvtī
- receipt in Odia
- ଲାଭ lābha, ଶାସନ śāsana
- receipt in Sanskrit
- प्राप्तिका prāptikā
- receipt in Nepali
- रसिद rasid
- receipt in Pashto
- چيټۍ čiṭǝy
- receipt in Tagalog
- resibo
- receipt in Arabic
- إِيصَال ʔīṣāl
- receipt in Malay
- resit
- receipt in Indonesian
- kuitansi, resi, bon, tanda terima
- receipt in Thai
- ใบเสร็จ bai-sèt, ใบรับเงิน bai-ráp-ngən, ใบรับของ bai-ráp-kɔ̌ɔng, ใบรับ bai-ráp
- receipt in Vietnamese
- biên nhận, biên lai
- receipt in Myanmar
- ဖြတ်ပိုင်း hpratpuing:
Examples of receipt in a sentence
- We will stipulate to our receipt of all pertinent discovery documents.
- He scrawled his signature on the receipt with quick disregard for legibility.
- This delivery is subject to reverse charge in the country of receipt.
Forms of receipt
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | receipts |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | receipts |
| present participle | receipting |
| past participle | receipted |
| past | receipted |
Origin of receipt
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)).
Words formed from receipt
Words that rhyme with receipt
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- fleet
- retreat
- treat
- complete
- conceit
- repeat
- concrete
- discrete
- bittersweet
- suite
- cheat
- cleat
- deceit
- greet
- unseat
- compete
- defeat
- delete
- effete
- elite
- escheat
- indiscrete
- leet
- pleat
- skeet
- sleet
- accrete
- beet
- bleat
- gleet
- ifrit
- incomplete
- overeat
- overheat
- petite
- replete
- superheat
- teat
- tweet
- wheat
- yeet
- Bereshit
- Bow Street
- Crete
- discreet
- downbeat
- jeet
- keet
Questions about receipt
- What does receipt mean?
- Receipt means the act of receiving, or the fact of having been received.
- What is receipt in Hindi?
- Receipt in Hindi is प्राप्ति (prāpti), रसीद (rasīd). See Receipt meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is receipt?
- Receipt can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce receipt?
- Receipt is pronounced /ɹɪˈsiːt/ (UK).
- What is the plural of receipt?
- The plural of receipt is receipts.
Words near receipt in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: receipt (page history and authors); receipt (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); receipt (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); receipt (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ଲାଭ (Odia) (page history and authors); प्राप्तिका (Sanskrit) (page history and authors); रसिद (Nepali) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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