Definitions for Receiptrɪˈsit

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

re•ceiptrɪˈsit(n.)

a written acknowledgment of having received money or goods as specified.
receipts, the amount or quantity received.
the act of receiving or the state of being received.
something that is received.
a recipe.
(v.t.)to acknowledge in writing the payment of (a bill).
to give a receipt for (money, goods, etc.).
(v.i.)to give a receipt, as for money or goods.

Origin of receipt:

1350–1400; ME receite < AF (OF reçoite) < L recepta, fem. ptp. of recipere to receive

re•ceipt′or(n.)

Princeton's WordNet

reception, receipt(noun)
the act of receiving
receipt(verb)
an acknowledgment (usually tangible) that payment has been made
acknowledge, receipt(verb)
report the receipt of
"The program committee acknowledged the submission of the authors of the paper"
receipt(verb)
mark or stamp as paid

Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary

receipt(noun)ɪˈsit
a piece of paper showing you paid for sth
You can get your money back if you have a receipt.
receiptɪˈsit
the act of receiving
Payment will be made on receipt of the goods.

Wiktionary

receipt(Noun)
The act of receiving, or the fact of having been received
receipt(Noun)
The fact of having received a blow, injury etc.
receipt(Noun)
A quantity or amount received; takings
This weekend's receipts alone cover our costs to mount the production!
receipt(Noun)
A written acknowledgment that a specified article or sum of money has been received
receipt(Noun)
A recipe, instructions, prescription
receipt(Noun)
A receptacle
receipt(Noun)
A revenue office
receipt(Verb)
To give or write a receipt (for something)
receipt(Verb)
To mark a bill as having been paid

Origin: Recorded since c.1386 as "statement of ingredients in a potion or medicine," from or receite "receipt, recipe" (1304), altered (by influence of receit "he receives," from Vulgar Latin *recipit) from recete, from receptus, past participle of recipere, itself from re- 'back' + cipere (an alteration of capere 'to take')

Webster Dictionary

Receipt(noun)
the act of receiving; reception
Receipt(noun)
reception, as an act of hospitality
Receipt(noun)
capability of receiving; capacity
Receipt(noun)
place of receiving
Receipt(noun)
hence, a recess; a retired place
Receipt(noun)
a formulary according to the directions of which things are to be taken or combined; a recipe; as, a receipt for making sponge cake
Receipt(noun)
a writing acknowledging the taking or receiving of goods delivered; an acknowledgment of money paid
Receipt(noun)
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
Receipt(verb)
to give a receipt for; as, to receipt goods delivered by a sheriff
Receipt(verb)
to put a receipt on, as by writing or stamping; as, to receipt a bill
Receipt(verb)
to give a receipt, as for money paid