Meaning of receipt | Babel Free

Definitions

1. receipt (written acknowledgement of e.g. a sale)
2. The act of receiving, or the fact of having been received.
   countable, uncountable
3. bill (for e.g. electricity or water services)
4. To give a receipt.
5. The fact of having received a blow, injury etc.
   countable, obsolete, uncountable
6. living room
7. recibo, carta de pago.
8. A quantity or amount received; takings.
   countable, in-plural, uncountable
9. first-person singular present indicative of recibir
10. The act of receiving: We are in receipt of your letter.
11. A written acknowledgment that a specified article or sum of money has been received.
    countable, uncountable
12. first-person singular present indicative of recebir
13. often receipts A quantity or amount received: cash receipts.
14. (A piece of) evidence, documentation, etc. to prove one's past actions, accomplishments, etc.
    countable, plural-normally, uncountable
15. A written acknowledgment that a specified article, sum of money, or shipment of merchandise has been received.
16. (A piece of) evidence (e.g. documentation or screen captures) of past wrongdoing.
    Internet, broadly, countable, plural-normally, uncountable
17. A recipe.
18. A recipe, instructions, prescription.
    archaic, countable, uncountable
19. To mark (a bill) as having been paid.
20. A receptacle.
    countable, obsolete, uncountable
21. To give or write a receipt for (money paid or goods or services delivered).
22. A revenue office.
    countable, obsolete, uncountable
23. (Commerce) a written acknowledgment by a receiver of money, goods, etc, that payment or delivery has been made
24. Reception, as an act of hospitality.
    countable, obsolete, uncountable
25. Capability of receiving; capacity.
    countable, obsolete, uncountable
26. the act of receiving or fact of being received
27. A recess; a retired place.
    countable, obsolete, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“A balance payable on receipt of the goods.”

“Your Grace shall understand that at the receipt of your letter I am very sick”

“And therewith Sir Launcelot gate all his armoure as well as he myght and put hit upon hym for drede of more resseite[…].”

“This weekend's receipts alone cover our costs to mount the production!”

“So, Andy, if you ask me nicely, I might produce a receipt that is my marriage certificate.”

“"Oh yes, the Internet trolls went there, and we've got the receipts".”

“She had a receipt to make white hair black.”

“Nor were we without guests: sometimes farmer Flamborough, our talkative neighbour, and often the blind piper, would pay us a visit, and taste our gooseberry wine; for the making of which we had lost neither the receipt nor the reputation.”

“Have you never eaten them, either preserved or candied […] if you will allow me, Sir, I shall be very happy to send the receipt to your housekeeper.”

“thy kind receipt of me”

“It has become a place of great receipt.”

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