Search Result for "receipt": pronunciation
Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. the act of receiving;
[syn: reception, receipt]

2. an acknowledgment (usually tangible) that payment has been made;


VERB (2)

1. report the receipt of;
- Example: "The program committee acknowledged the submission of the authors of the paper"
[syn: acknowledge, receipt]

2. mark or stamp as paid;


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Receipt \Re*ceipt"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Receipted; p. pr. & vb. n. Receipting.] 1. To give a receipt for; as, to receipt goods delivered by a sheriff. [1913 Webster] 2. To put a receipt on, as by writing or stamping; as, to receipt a bill. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Receipt \Re*ceipt"\ (r[-e]*s[=e]t"), n. [OE. receite, OF. recete, recepte, F. recette, fr. L. recipere, receptum, to receive. See Receive.] 1. The act of receiving; reception. "At the receipt of your letter." --Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. Reception, as an act of hospitality. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Thy kind receipt of me. --Chapman. [1913 Webster] 3. Capability of receiving; capacity. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] It has become a place of great receipt. --Evelyn. [1913 Webster] 4. Place of receiving. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] He saw a man, named Matthew, sitting at the receipt of custom. --Matt. ix. 9. [1913 Webster] 5. Hence, a recess; a retired place. [Obs.] "In a retired receipt together lay." --Chapman. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] She had a receipt to make white hair black. --Sir T. Browne. [1913 Webster] 7. A writing acknowledging the taking or receiving of goods delivered; an acknowledgment of money paid. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] Gross receipts. See under Gross, a. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Receipt \Re*ceipt"\, v. i. To give a receipt, as for money paid. [1913 Webster]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

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