# receipt

Pronunciation: say "ri-SEET" /ɹɪˈsiːt/

## Noun

1. A written note or slip in which someone confirms having been given a particular item or amount of money.
   - Simple: A paper or note that shows you paid for something or gave something.
   - _Always ask for a receipt when you pay in cash._
   - _She filed every receipt for her tax records._
2. The act of receiving something, or the fact that it has been received.
   - Simple: The act of getting something that someone sends or gives you.
   - _Payment is due within thirty days of receipt of the invoice._
   - _The office sent an automatic reply to confirm receipt of the application._
3. A quantity or amount received, especially money taken in; takings.
   - Simple: The amount of money that a business takes in.
   - _Annual receipts from exports rose sharply last year._
   - _The charity counted its receipts after the gala._
4. Evidence or documentation kept to prove one's past actions or accomplishments.
   - Simple: Proof of something you did or achieved in the past.
   - _Without a single receipt to back the boast, no one believed him._
   - _He posted screenshots as receipts of his early support for the project._
5. Evidence, such as documentation or screen captures, of someone's past wrongdoing.
   - Simple: Proof that someone did something wrong in the past.
   - _The reporter had a receipt for every claim of corruption._
   - _Fans dug up old posts as receipts of the star's hypocrisy._

## Verb

6. To give or write a receipt acknowledging that something has been received.
   - Simple: To write or hand over proof that money or goods were received.
   - _Ask the cashier to receipt the bill once you settle it._
   - _Vendors must receipt all goods delivered to the warehouse._
7. To mark a bill or document as paid by writing or stamping a receipt on it.
   - Simple: To stamp or write on a bill to show it has been paid.
   - _Clerks receipt every paid invoice with a red stamp._
   - _He receipted the bill and handed it back to the customer._

## Noun

8. A recipe or set of written instructions, especially for cooking or preparing medicine. *(archaic)*
   - Simple: A set of instructions for making food or medicine.
   - _She kept her mother's receipt for curing ham in a worn ledger._
   - _The apothecary mixed the tonic from a receipt handed down for generations._
9. The fact of having received a blow, wound, or injury. *(obsolete)*
   - Simple: The state of having taken a blow or injury.
10. A vessel or receptacle in which something is held or stored. *(obsolete)*
   - Simple: A container that holds or stores something.
11. A government office for collecting public revenue or taxes. *(obsolete)*
   - Simple: A government office where taxes were collected.
   - _The treasurer summoned the officers of the receipt to account for the year's takings._
   - _Taxes from the northern shires were carried to the royal receipt._
12. The act of welcoming or receiving a guest; hospitality. *(obsolete)*
   - Simple: A warm welcome given to a guest.
   - _The weary pilgrims found a generous receipt at the abbey._
   - _The guests praised the gracious receipt they enjoyed throughout their stay._
13. The ability or capacity to receive or take something in. *(obsolete)*
   - Simple: The power or room to take something in.
   - _The hall's receipt for guests was greater than any other in the town._
   - _Philosophers spoke of the soul's receipt for divine truth._
14. A recess, nook, or quiet place set apart for retirement or privacy. *(obsolete)*
   - Simple: A hidden or quiet place set apart from others.
   - _He retired to a shady receipt among the trees to read._
   - _The old house held many a hidden receipt for those seeking solitude._

## Origin

From Middle English 'receyt', first recorded around 1386 meaning 'a statement of the ingredients in a medicine', from Anglo-Norman or Old Northern French 'receite', altered from Old French 'recete', from Latin 'receptus', the past participle of 'recipio' ('I take back'), from 're-' ('back') plus 'capio' ('I take'). The unpronounced 'p' was inserted later to make the word look closer to its Latin root, and it is a doublet of 'recipe'.

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/receipt (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).