receipt

English Online Dictionary. What means receipt‎? What does receipt mean?

English

Etymology

From Middle English receipt, receyt, receite, recorded since c. 1386 as "statement of ingredients in a potion or medicine," from Anglo-Norman or Old Northern French receite (“receipt, recipe”) (1304), altered (by influence of receit (“he receives”), from Latin recipit) from Old French recete, from Latin receptus, perfect passive participle of recipiō, itself from re- (“back”) + capiō (“I take”). The unpronounced p was later inserted to make the word appear closer to its Latin root. Doublet of recept and recipe. False cognate of Persian رسید (resid) (whence Urdu رسید (rasīd)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɹɪˈsiːt/
• Rhymes: -iːt

Noun

receipt (countable and uncountable, plural receipts)

1. The act of receiving, or the fact of having been received.
2. (obsolete) The fact of having received a blow, injury etc.
3. (in the plural) A quantity or amount received; takings.

4. A written acknowledgment that a specified article or sum of money has been received.
5. (usually in the plural) (A piece of) evidence, documentation, etc. to prove one's past actions, accomplishments, etc.
6. (Internet slang, usually in the plural, by extension) (A piece of) evidence (e.g. documentation or screen captures) of past wrongdoing.
7. (archaic in New England and rural US since end of 20th century, elsewhere since middle of 20th century) A recipe, instructions, prescription.
8. (obsolete) A receptacle.
9. (obsolete) A revenue office.
10. (obsolete) Reception, as an act of hospitality.
11. (obsolete) Capability of receiving; capacity.
12. (obsolete) A recess; a retired place.

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Related terms

Descendants

• → Swahili: resiti
• → Yoruba: rìsíìtì

Translations

See also

• docket

References

Verb

receipt (third-person singular simple present receipts, present participle receipting, simple past and past participle receipted)

1. To give or write a receipt (for something).

2. To put a receipt on, as by writing or stamping; to mark a bill as having been paid.

Translations

See also

• rcpt
• sales slip

Anagrams

• picrete