Thesaurus results for RECEIPT

receipt

noun

Definition of receipt

as in certificate

a record of goods sold or services performed together with the amount paid If you'd like to return those pants, you'll need to provide a receipt.

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Recent Examples of receipt Unlike a read receipt, which only fires when a message is manually opened, a delivery receipt triggers automatically—even if the incoming text is filtered straight to a spam folder. — Justyn Newman, PC Magazine, 9 Sep. 2026 Miyako’s policy of automatic 15% tips for groups of eight or more is on a board at the front of the restaurant, not on the receipt. — David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 8 Sep. 2026 Friday’s news release from city officials said that Fire Department employees are expected to acknowledge receipt of the directive by early October. — Ben Wheeler, Kansas City Star, 8 Sep. 2026 The receipts allegedly showed a total of $10,200 sent in various amounts utilizing the five names given to him. — Nicholas Lentz, CBS News, 6 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for receipt

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But those savings erode in a case like Cheshire, where workers completed a five-story, 70-unit building more than a year ago — but local building review has held up certificates of occupancy.

— Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 6 Sep. 2026
Let’s Encrypt, the certificate authority that issued the certificates used in the hijacking, requires a quorum of them to return a positive result before a certificate is issued.

— Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of certificate

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The per-student cost to the state is slightly higher than the amount each student actually receives, due to transaction fees that go to ClassWallet, the vendor that runs the school choice program's online platform.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 16 Sep. 2026
Apprisen has lower fees than many competitors, and hardship waivers are available for its debt management program.

— Dan Avery, CNBC, 15 Sep. 2026

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When a car gets flagged, the racing team gets a note (copied to the FIA) and a short window to fix it.

— Patrick Iversen, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026
The high note Giuliani left office on — after mulling avenues to stay in office past the limitation — burnished his public profile with lucrative results, said his 1993 campaign press secretary Ken Frydman.

— Molly Crane-Newman, New York Daily News, 6 Sep. 2026

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