re·ceipt (rĭ-sēt')
n.

1. 1. The act of receiving: We are in receipt of your letter.
   2. The fact of being or having been received: They denied receipt of the shipment.
2. A quantity or amount received. Often used in the plural: cash receipts.
3. A written acknowledgment that a specified article, sum of money, or shipment of merchandise has been received.
4. A recipe.

v., -ceipt·ed, -ceipt·ing, -ceipts.

v.tr.

1. To mark (a bill) as having been paid.
2. To give or write a receipt for (money paid or goods or services delivered).

v.intr.
To give a receipt.

[Middle English receite, from Old North French, from Medieval Latin recepta, medical prescription, money received, from Latin, feminine past participle of recipere, to receive. See receive.]

---

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition Copyright © 2007, 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Updated in 2009. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.

---