noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
acknowledge receipt
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I would be grateful if you would acknowledge receipt of this letter.
box office receipts/takings etc (= the number of tickets sold or the money received )
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
available
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The precise figure will not be available until receipts and expenses in connection with the Steam Engine Rally are all in.
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The procedure will usually be started at 17.50 on the first available evening after receipt of the form.
capital
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Local authorities will be permitted to spend all their capital receipts realised from 13 November to the end of 1993.
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There is obviously an argument here, as with capital receipts , for the grant to be returned to the spending programme.
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Local authorities are also constrained in the proportion of capital receipts they may use to support capital expenditure.
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Councils can spend a quarter of their capital receipts from council house sales however they want.
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That attitude exposes the fact that Labour's posture on capital receipts is totally fraudulent.
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An excess of receipts over payments can not be called income because receipts might include capital receipts.
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If the Labour party were in power, there would be no capital receipts .
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They can also be supplemented by capital receipts and trading profits.
gross
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These clauses give the talent a percentage of the movie's gross receipts .
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They will report back the general sentiment on sales tax, gross receipts tax, business transaction tax.
net
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In particular, it is recognised that agents may use some assets as a buffer-stock against unforeseen changes in net receipts .
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That account tells us the amount of net payments over receipts compared with the budgeted figures.
total
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That is the difference between total receipt and total trading costs.
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Cash income, which is total receipts minus total trading spending, is a better indication, said Sir Hector.
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In unemployment, total income receipts in period t net of search costs, and.
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cash
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The criterion is the number of years before the pre-tax cash receipts from the project pay back the capital invested.
gate
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Official attendance at Windsor Park was 6,500 but gate receipts for the international reflected a crowd of 9,000!
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They used to keep the gate receipts in a brown paper bag.
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Recently relegated to the first division, the projected loss of Premier League gate receipts meant a further deficit of £400,000.
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We get our revenue from two sources, gate receipts and television.
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Even membership subscriptions and gate receipts held up.
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The gate receipts are going down faster than the guys who step into the ring against him.
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Leave popular players out of your side and gate receipts could drop.
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Unless Anderson has come up with a new math, the restriction means a $ 250, 000 reduction in gate receipts .
office
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Any post office receipts for registered mail should be gummed into a special book kept for that purpose. 5.
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He and Eng reasoned that box office receipts would help pay the way back to Los Angeles.
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Poor dear David Marquis, mid-nervous breakdown owing to last night's appalling Box Office receipts , has left at 8 a.m.
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But just as the international community was beginning to catch on, quality began to drop and box office receipts went down.
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The entire box office receipts were normally given to the lucky artiste.
tax
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Recession is the culprit: it has slashed tax receipts and driven up the cost of unemployment benefits.
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Furthermore, great variations in the size of tax receipts and disbursements exist among the states.
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In 1990/1 it contributed 27 percent of all tax receipts - not more, it is important to note.
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Corporation tax receipts were also below last year's.
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The local authority borrowing requirement fell to £1.8 billion last year from £3.4 billion, suggesting higher poll tax receipts .
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We might have expected this switch to reinforce the downward trend in the ratio of direct to indirect tax receipts .
■ VERB
acknowledge
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Please acknowledge receipt of this letter.
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We would acknowledge receipt of Indictment 86-1246 and waive formal reading.
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I should be grateful if you would acknowledge the receipt of this letter.
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The Social Work Department duly acknowledged the receipt of letters sent to the nine children care of the department.
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We do not normally acknowledge receipt of letters for publication.
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Liverpool have acknowledged receipt of their letter in which they hold Saunders responsible for dangerous play.
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He will acknowledge receipt of your reference within 5 working days.
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The drafter can avoid such disputes by appropriate wording: We acknowledge receipt of your order and agree to supply you.
follow
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Weekly benefits are paid at four weekly intervals, in arrears, following receipt of medical certificates.
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The court will automatically serve the defendant by post following receipt of the request for a summons unless the plaintiff otherwise requests.
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The procedure will be started at 17.50 on the first available evening following receipt of the form.
give
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The infant can not give a receipt which executors, administrators or trustees can safely take.
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But applicants will be given a receipt , along with their old green card, to use as proof of legal residency.
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The cashier should give a receipt to the receptionist that he or she has taken charge of the money.
issue
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The premium should be included with your deposit and the policy will be issued on receipt .
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They never did so; it was not, they said, police practice to issue such receipts .
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Exchanges done through cash machines which can not issue receipts are exempt from this provision.
keep
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Always remember to keep your receipt to check against your statement.
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They used to keep the gate receipts in a brown paper bag.
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If you bought them, keep the receipt so that you can prove how much they are worth.
produce
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However, it is necessary to produce receipts when dealing with leasehold property.
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They are required to produce receipts for each expenditure for which they are reimbursed.
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The sale of council houses has produced substantial capital receipts , and smaller amounts have come from the sale of other assets.
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I challenged him to produce a receipt .
sign
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You sign the receipt and collect your copy.
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She sent a registered letter and the Post Office sent her his signed receipt for it, dated May 18.
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Gary and Aggi also required the vendors to sign receipts recording the money paid and the specific goods.
write
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Doug wrote out a receipt , as usual taking his time.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Keep your credit card receipts until your statement arrives.
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Purchases may be returned if you show your receipt .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Euro Disney was also in demand, up 20p at 965p after a rise in foreign visitor receipts.
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In particular, you should normally return a test corrected within seven days of its receipt .
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It includes all cash payments by the government, and all cash receipts.
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On receipt of my father's letter, I got drunk and sent him a cheque for twenty grand.
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She said Thresher was aware of the receipt for £18.37 and had established that it belonged to another customer.
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The gate receipts are going down faster than the guys who step into the ring against him.
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With accruals accounting, of course, postponing or bringing forward cash payments or receipts has no effect.