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Meaning of 'receipt' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Receipt [ n.]
- The act of receiving; reception.
- Reception, as an act of hospitality.
- Capability of receiving; capacity.
- Place of receiving.
- Hence, a recess; a retired place.
- A formulary according to the directions of which things are to be taken or combined; a recipe; as, a receipt for making sponge cake.
- A writing acknowledging the taking or receiving of goods delivered; an acknowledgment of money paid.
- 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.
2 . Receipt [ v. i.]
- To give a receipt, as for money paid.
3 . Receipt [ v. t.]
- To give a receipt for; as, to receipt goods delivered by a sheriff.
- To put a receipt on, as by writing or stamping; as, to receipt a bill.

Meaning of 'receipt' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . receipt [ v]
Meaning (1):
- report the receipt of
Example in sentence:
  • The program committee acknowledged the submission of the authors of the paper

Nearby Words:

recadency recalcitrant recalcitrate recalcitration recall recallable recallment recant recantation recanted

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