Receipt
[rɪ'siːt] or [rɪ'sit]
Definition
(noun.) an acknowledgment (usually tangible) that payment has been made.
(verb.) mark or stamp as paid.
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Definition
(n.) The act of receiving; reception.
(n.) Reception, as an act of hospitality.
(n.) Capability of receiving; capacity.
(n.) Place of receiving.
(n.) Hence, a recess; a retired place.
(n.) A formulary according to the directions of which things are to be taken or combined; a recipe; as, a receipt for making sponge cake.
(n.) A writing acknowledging the taking or receiving of goods delivered; an acknowledgment of money paid.
(n.) 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.
(v. t.) To give a receipt for; as, to receipt goods delivered by a sheriff.
(v. t.) To put a receipt on, as by writing or stamping; as, to receipt a bill.
(v. i.) To give a receipt, as for money paid.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Reception.[2]. Recipe, prescription, formulary.[3]. (Com.) Acquittance, acknowledgment of payment.
Checked by Lemuel
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Acknowledgment, reception, voucher
Typist: Stanley
Definition
n. act of receiving: place of receiving: power of holding: a written acknowledgment of anything received a legal acknowledgment of money received in discharge of a debt or demand: that which is received: a recipe in cookery.—v.t. to give a receipt for: to sign: to discharge.—adj. Receipt′able that may be receipted.—ns. Receipt′-book a book containing receipts; Receipt′or one who gives a receipt.
Editor: Philip
Examples
- I left Cairo within an hour or two after the receipt of this dispatch, going by rail via Indianapolis. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- As Mrs. Bardell said this, she applied her handkerchief to her eyes, and went out of the room to get the receipt. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- I have not seen your papa since the receipt of your pleasing letter, so could arrange nothing with him respecting the carriage. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- A person can generally sell his receipt for the difference between the mint price of bullion and the market price. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Within an hour of the receipt of this dispatch and Mr. James Harthouse's card, Mr. Bounderby put on his hat and went down to the Hotel. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- Move troops by the most direct road from wherever they may be on the receipt of this order. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Mr. Guppy acknowledged the receipt by taking it out of his breast-pocket, putting it to his lips, and returning it to his pocket with a bow. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Holmes scribbled a receipt upon a sheet of his note-book and handed it to him. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- The paper in question acknowledged the receipt of a valuable of great price which Mr. Luker had that day left in the care of his bankers. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- I have strong reason for confidently believing that we shall never be in the receipt of a smaller income than our present income. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- The banker's receipt, Rachel--as I have heard it described--mentioned nothing of the kind. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- On receipt of the order restoring me to command I proceeded to Savannah on the Tennessee, to which point my troops had advanced. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- I will not attempt to describe all I felt on the receipt of this first epistle from Lord Ponsonby. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Rawdon Crawley was but half-pleased at the receipt of it. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- I only vish you'd write me out the receipt, that's all. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- The owner of bank money cannot draw out bullion, without producing to the bank receipts for the quantity which he wants. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- The traffic returns for the week ending the 25th of September, 1858, amounted to ￡502,720; and the gross receipts of the railways in 1857 were ￡24,174,610. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- In the preparation of this work the object has been to present all the best as well as the latest practical receipts, prescriptions, and trade secrets. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- The holders of receipts, who had no bank money, must have received within two or three per cent. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- What is paid for the keeping of bullion upon receipts, is alone supposed to amount to a neat annual revenue of between 150,000 and 200,000 guilders. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- After that the railroad company began to advertise these excursions, and the receipts each year paid for the observatory. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- The receipts which are given for deposits of gold ducats fall to it yet more frequently, because a higher warehouse rent, or one half per cent. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Receipts from passengers were $272,589,591, and dividends paid were $94,937,526. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- The owners of bank credits, and the holders of receipts, constitute two different sorts of creditors against the bank. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- The total receipts for the year were 87,906,255 francs (about $17,500,000), and the net profit 63,441,987 francs (about $12,500,000). Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- In such emergencies, the bank, it is supposed, would break through its ordinary rule of making payment only to the holders of receipts. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Miss Jemima was made to fetch the drawing-master's receipts and letters. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- The sum of bank money, for which the receipts are expired, must be very considerable. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- This machine automatically feeds and addresses public service bills, insurance premium notices and receipts, cards, envelopes, circulars, etc. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Just as you please, Mr. Samuel Michael--just exactly as you please, said the general again, as he turned over a parcel of receipts. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
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