receipts

Noun

receipt (countable and uncountable, plural receipts)

1. The act of receiving, or the fact of having been received.
   • A balance payable on receipt of the goods.
2. (obsolete) 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...
3. (in plural) A quantity or amount received; takings.
   • 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.
5. (plural-normally) (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
6. (Internet, broadly, plural-normally) (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

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