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Webster's Dictionary (1865)

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Receipt

Re-çēipt', n.

noun

(re-seet'), n. [O. Fr. recepte, N. Fr. recette, Pr. recepta, Sp. receta, Pg. receita, It. ricetta, from Lat. recipere, receptum, to receive.]

  1. The act of receiving; reception. “At the receipt of your letter.” Shak.
  2. Power of receiving or containing; capacity.

It has become a place of great receipt. Evelyn.

  1. Place of receiving. “Sitting at the receipt of custom.” Matt. ix. 9.
  2. Hence, a recess; a retired place. [Obs.] “In a retired receipt together lay.” Chapman.
  3. A plan, scheme, or formulary according to the directions of which things are to be received or combined; a recipe, q. v.

She had a receipt to make white hair black. Browne.

  1. A writing acknowledging the taking of money or goods; acknowledgment of payment; quittance.
  2. That which is received; that which comes in, in distinction from what is expended, paid out, sent away, and the like.

Re-çēipt', v. t.

verbtransitive

(re-seet'), v. t. [imp. & p. p. RECEIPTED; p. pr. & vb. n. RECEIPTING.] To give a receipt for; as, to receipt goods delivered by a sheriff.

Re-çēipt', v. i.

verbintransitive

(re-seet'), v. i. To give a receipt; as, to receipt for money paid in liquidation of an account.