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Webster 1913 Edition
Receipt
Re-ceipt′
(rē̍-sēt′)
, Noun.
1.
The act of receiving; reception.
“At the receipt of your letter.” Shak.
2.
Reception, as an act of hospitality.
[Obs.]
Thy kind
receipt
of me. Chapman.
3.
Capability of receiving; capacity.
[Obs.]
It has become a place of great
receipt
. Evelyn.
4.
Place of receiving.
[Obs.]
He saw a man, named Matthew, sitting at the
receipt
of custom. Matt. ix. 9.
5.
Hence, a recess; a retired place.
[Obs.]
“In a retired receipt together lay.” Chapman.
6.
A formulary according to the directions of which things are to be taken or combined; a recipe;
as, a
. receipt
for making sponge cakeShe had a
receipt
to make white hair black. Sir T. Browne.
7.
A writing acknowledging the taking or receiving of goods delivered; an acknowledgment of money paid.
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 dollarsGross receipts
. See under
Gross
, Adj.
Re-ceipt′
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Receipted
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Receipting
.] 1.
To give a receipt for;
as, to
. receipt
goods delivered by a sheriff2.
To put a receipt on, as by writing or stamping;
as, to
. receipt
a billRe-ceipt′
,Verb.
I.
To give a receipt, as for money paid.