receipt

(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.]

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In current English the meanings of these two words are distinct and cause no difficulty, but readers of Victorian or earlier literature should bear in mind that a receipt could then be what we now know as recipe ('a formula and method for preparing food'), while both a receipt and a recipe could mean what we now call a prescription (in the medical sense).

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Written record of a transaction or payment of a debt. A deposit receipt is a bank customer's copy of the deposit ticket submitted with a check being deposited. A transaction receipt is a customer's copy of a bank card sales draft or, in an electronic funds transfer, the terminal receipt that is required by Regulation E. A receipt acknowledging payment of debt is not a promise to pay, and therefore is not a negotiable instrument, but if it is an order to pay, may be transferrable through assignment. See also American Depositary Receipt; International Depositary Receipt.

This entry contains information applicable to United States law only.

Acknowledgment in writing that something of value, or cash, has been placed into an individual's possession; written confirmation of payment rendered. Receipt of goods refers to the act of taking physical possession of them.

(DOD) A transmission made by a receiving station to indicate that a message has been satisfactorily received.

IN BRIEF: A written statement that something has been purchased.

Never try to guess your wife's size. Just buy her anything marked "petite" and hold on to the receipt. — Unknown

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n

A written acknowledgment by one person of having received money or something of value from another.

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• Commerce and Trade - receipt: written acknowledgment that payment has been received

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Common misspelling(s) of receipt

• reciept

Dansk (Danish)
n. - modtagelse, kvittering, indgående beløb, indtægt
v. tr. - kvittere, kvittere for
v. intr. - kvitteres

idioms:

• in receipt of    modtage, få

Nederlands (Dutch)
kwitantie, kassabon, ontvangst, (mv) ontvangen bedrag/ goederen, kwitantie uitschrijven

Français (French)
n. - (Comm) reçu, récipissé, ticket de caisse, quittance, accusé de réception, (Admin, Comm) réception, (Comm) recette (npl)
v. tr. - acquitter
v. intr. - donner un reçu

idioms:

• in receipt of    recevoir (des revenus, des bénéfices)

Deutsch (German)
n. - Quittung, Empfang, Einnahmen
v. - quittieren

idioms:

• in receipt of    erhalten habend

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (εξοφλητική) απόδειξη, παραλαβή, λήψη, (πληθ.) (οικον.) εισπράξεις, έσοδα
v. - εκδίδω (εξοφλητική) απόδειξη, εξοφλώ

idioms:

• in receipt of    που έχει λάβει

Italiano (Italian)
ricevuta

idioms:

• in receipt of    in ricevuta di

Português (Portuguese)
n. - recibo (m), receita (f), recebimento (m)
v. - passar recibo

idioms:

• in receipt of    em poder de

Русский (Russian)
получение, квитанция, расписка

idioms:

• in receipt of    по получении

Español (Spanish)
n. - recibo, comprobante
v. tr. - dar un recibo
v. intr. - dar un recibo

idioms:

• in receipt of    obra en (mi) poder

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - kvitto
v. - ta emot

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
收到, 接到, 收到的物品, 收据, 收入, 出具...的收据, 在...上注明收讫字样, 承认收到, 出具收据

idioms:

• in receipt of    已收到...

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 收到, 接到, 收到的物品, 收據, 收入
v. tr. - 出具...的收據, 在...上注明收訖字樣, 承認收到
v. intr. - 出具收據

idioms:

• in receipt of    已收到...

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 영수증, 받음, 수령액, 요리법
v. tr. - 영수필이라고 쓰다, 영수증을 발행하다
v. intr. - 영수증을 발행하다

idioms:

• in receipt of    ~을 받다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 受け取ること, 受領, 領収書, レシート, 受け取り高
v. - 領収書を出す, 領収済みと書く

idioms:

• in receipt of    受け取り次第

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) وصل, استلام (فعل) يعطي ايصال‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮קבלה, מתכון, מרשם, הכנסות (ברבים), תקבולים (ברבים)‬
v. tr. - ‮אישר שנפרע‬
v. intr. - ‮כתב קבלה‬

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