'Receipt' definitions:

Definition of 'receipt'

noun

The act of receiving [syn: reception, receipt]

noun

An acknowledgment (usually tangible) that payment has been made

verb

Report the receipt of; "The program committee acknowledged the submission of the authors of the paper" [syn: acknowledge, receipt]

verb

Mark or stamp as paid

From: GCIDE

Receipt \Re*ceipt"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Receipted; p. pr. & vb. n. Receipting.]
1. To give a receipt for; as, to receipt goods delivered by a sheriff. [1913 Webster]
2. To put a receipt on, as by writing or stamping; as, to receipt a bill. [1913 Webster]

From: GCIDE

From: GCIDE

Receipt \Re*ceipt"\ (r[-e]*s[=e]t"), n. [OE. receite, OF. recete, recepte, F. recette, fr. L. recipere, receptum, to receive. See Receive.]
1. The act of receiving; reception. "At the receipt of your letter." --Shak. [1913 Webster]
2. Reception, as an act of hospitality. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
Thy kind receipt of me. --Chapman. [1913 Webster]
3. Capability of receiving; capacity. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
It has become a place of great receipt. --Evelyn. [1913 Webster]
4. Place of receiving. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
He saw a man, named Matthew, sitting at the receipt of custom. --Matt. ix. 9. [1913 Webster]
5. Hence, a recess; a retired place. [Obs.] "In a retired receipt together lay." --Chapman. [1913 Webster]
6. A formulary according to the directions of which things are to be taken or combined; a recipe; as, a receipt for making sponge cake. [1913 Webster]
She had a receipt to make white hair black. --Sir T. Browne. [1913 Webster]
7. A writing acknowledging the taking or receiving of goods delivered; an acknowledgment of money paid. [1913 Webster]
8. 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. [1913 Webster]
Gross receipts. See under Gross, a. [1913 Webster]