Definition of receipt

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