receipt

¹re·ceipt

noun \ri-ˈsēt\

Definition of RECEIPT

1

: recipe

2

a obsolete : receptacle

b archaic : a revenue office

3

: the act or process of receiving

4

: something received —usually used in plural

5

: a writing acknowledging the receiving of goods or money

Examples of RECEIPT

1. Keep your receipt in case you need to return anything.
2. The form should be completed and returned within 30 days of receipt.
3. Open immediately upon receipt of the package.
4. Our company deposits cash receipts every day.

Origin of RECEIPT

Middle English receite, from Anglo-French, from Medieval Latin recepta, probably from Latin, neuter plural of receptus, past participle of recipere to receive

First Known Use: 14th century

Rhymes with RECEIPT

accrete, aesthete, afreet, athlete, backbeat, backseat, backstreet, bedsheet, bench seat, big beat, bolete, box pleat, box seat, break beat, broadsheet, browbeat, buckwheat, bystreet, call sheet, car seat, cheat sheet, clipsheet, cloud street, cold feet, compete, compleat, complete, conceit, concrete, crabmeat, crib sheet, deadbeat, dead heat, dead meat, deceit, defeat, delete, deplete, discreet, discrete, disseat, downbeat, drop seat, drumbeat, dutch treat, effete, elite, en suite, entreat, escheat, excrete, facete, Fleet Street, fly sheet, forcemeat, foresheet, four-peat, gamete, groundsheet, hard wheat, heartbeat, heat-treat, helpmeet, hoofbeat, hot seat, house seat, ice sheet, ill-treat, jump seat, kick pleat, love seat, mainsheet, Main Street, maltreat, mesquite, mincemeat, mistreat, offbeat, Ossete, petite, pink sheet, preheat, rap sheet, recheat, red heat, red meat, red wheat, regreet, repeat, replete, retreat, scratch sheet, secrete, side street, slip-sheet, soft wheat, spreadsheet, stand treat, swap meet, sweetmeat, tear sheet, terete, three-peat, through street, time sheet, unmeet, unseat, upbeat, vegete, volkslied, white heat

²receipt

transitive verb

Definition of RECEIPT

1

: to give a receipt for or acknowledge the receipt of

2

: to mark as paid

First Known Use of RECEIPT

1787

Other Business Terms

amortize, caveat emptor, clearinghouse, divest, due diligence, emolument, green-collar, marque, overhead, perquisite