Meaning

The act of receiving, or the fact of having been received..

Definitions by Sense

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.

Example Sentences

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.

Word Forms

• receipts
• receipting
• receipted

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Use receipt when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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