Category:Receipt

Re*ceipt", n. Etym: [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.

2. Reception, as an act of hospitality. [obs.] Thy kind receipt of me. Chapman.

3. Capability of receiving; capacity. [obs.] It has become a place of great receipt. Evelyn.

4. Place of receiving. [obs.] He saw a man, named matthew, sitting at the receipt of custom. Matt. Ix. 9.

5. Hence, a recess; a retired place. [obs.] "in a retired receipt Together lay." Chapman.

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. She had a receipt to make white hair black. Sir t. Browne.

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. Cross Receipts. See under gross, a.

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.

2. To put a receipt on, as by writing or stamping; as, to receipt a Bill.

Receipt Re*ceipt", v. i.

Defn: to give a receipt, as for money paid.