meaning of receipt
1. The act of receiving; reception.
2. Reception, as an act of hospitality.
3. Capability of receiving; capacity.
4. Place of receiving.
5. Hence, a recess; a retired place.
6. A formulary according to the directions of which things are to be taken or combined; a recipe; as, a receipt for making sponge cake.
7. A writing acknowledging the taking or receiving of goods delivered; an acknowledgment of money paid.
8. 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.
9. To give a receipt for; as, to receipt goods delivered by a sheriff.
10. To put a receipt on, as by writing or stamping; as, to receipt a bill.
11. To give a receipt, as for money paid.
12. the act of receiving
Related Words
receipt | receipted | receipting | receiptment | receiptor | receipts |
