Receipt

The act of receiving; reception.

Reception, as an act of hospitality.

Capability of receiving; capacity.

Place of receiving.

Hence, a recess; a retired place.

A formulary according to the directions of which things are to be taken or combined; a recipe; as, a receipt for making sponge cake.

A writing acknowledging the taking or receiving of goods delivered; an acknowledgment of money paid.

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.

To give a receipt for; as, to receipt goods delivered by a sheriff.

To put a receipt on, as by writing or stamping; as, to receipt a bill.

To give a receipt, as for money paid.