I. rə̇ˈsēt, rēˈ-, usu -sēd.+V noun
( -s )
Etymology: Middle English receite, from Old North French, from Medieval Latin recepta (singular), probably from Latin recepta, neuter plural of receptus, past participle of recipere to receive, take
1.
a. : recipe
a very special kind of mince pie she had been trying a new receipt on — Esther Forbes
a perfect man, as the baronet trusted to make this one son of his, after a receipt of his own — George Meredith
b. : something that serves as a cure or remedy
the newest receipt for avoiding calumny — R.B.Sheridan
2.
a. obsolete : a place for receiving or storing something : receptacle
b. : a place at which money is officially received : a revenue office especially formerly in England
a man … sitting at the receipt of custom — Mt 9:9 (Authorized Version)
3. : the act or process of receiving
in receipt of a salary which he had earned — O.S.J.Gogarty
ports equipped for the receipt of large vessels — L.D.Stamp
4. : something (as food, goods, money) that is received — usually used in plural
ranks about tenth in the United States in volume of fresh fruit and vegetable receipts — Calif. Agric. Bulletin
improve the harbor to accommodate larger raw material receipts — Steel Facts
took the day's receipts to the bank's night depository — J.C.Furnas
5. : a writing acknowledging the taking or receiving of goods or money delivered or paid
could offer only poor paper money or receipts to pay for it — F.V.W.Mason
paid the bill in cash and was given a receipt
II. verb
( -ed/-ing/-s )
transitive verb
1. : to give a receipt for or acknowledge the receipt of
the radio officer receipted the message and took a copy of it up to the bridge — R.F.Mirvish
2. : to mark paid
had paid by check, and the receipted bill had been returned to him on the following day — F.W.Crofts
intransitive verb
: to give a receipt — used with for
an officer of the receiving side would receipt for each lot — Newsweek