Definition of receipt

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Receipt (n.) The act of receiving; reception.

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Voucher :: Voucher (n.) A book, paper, or document which serves to vouch the truth of accounts, or to confirm and establish facts of any kind; also, any acquittance or receipt showing the payment of a debt; as, the merchant's books are his vouchers for the correctness of his accounts; notes, bonds, receipts, and other writings, are used as vouchers in proving facts..
Stamp :: Stamp (v. t.) Hence, a stamped or printed device, issued by the government at a fixed price, and required by law to be affixed to, or stamped on, certain papers, as evidence that the government dues are paid; as, a postage stamp; a receipt stamp, etc..
Receipt :: Receipt (n.) 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..
Writing :: Writing (n.) Any legal instrument, as a deed, a receipt, a bond, an agreement, or the like..
Reception :: Reception (n.) The act of receiving; receipt; admission; as, the reception of food into the stomach; the reception of a letter; the reception of sensation or ideas; reception of evidence..
Receipt :: Receipt (n.) A formulary according to the directions of which things are to be taken or combined; a recipe; as, a receipt for making sponge cake..
Receipt :: Receipt (n.) Hence, a recess; a retired place..
Cookbook :: Cookbook (n.) A book of directions and receipts for cooking; a cookery book.
Receipt :: Receipt (n.) The act of receiving; reception.
Trust :: Trust (n.) Credit given; especially, delivery of property or merchandise in reliance upon future payment; exchange without immediate receipt of an equivalent; as, to sell or buy goods on trust..
Saving :: Saving (a.) Bringing back in returns or in receipts the sum expended; incurring no loss, though not gainful; as, a saving bargain; the ship has made a saving voyage..
Receipt :: Receipt (v. t.) To give a receipt for; as, to receipt goods delivered by a sheriff..
Receipting :: Receipting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Receip.
Pool :: Pool (n.) A mutual arrangement between competing lines, by which the receipts of all are aggregated, and then distributed pro rata according to agreement..
Receipt :: Receipt (n.) Reception, as an act of hospitality..
Receipt :: Receipt (n.) A writing acknowledging the taking or receiving of goods delivered; an acknowledgment of money paid.
Pensioner :: Pensioner (n.) One in receipt of a pension; hence, figuratively, a dependent..
Receiptor :: Receiptor (n.) One who receipts; specifically (Law), one who receipts for property which has been taken by the sheriff..
Actual :: Actual (n.) Something actually received; real, as distinct from estimated, receipts..
Cover :: Cover (v. t.) To extend over; to be sufficient for; to comprehend, include, or embrace; to account for or solve; to counterbalance; as, a mortgage which fully covers a sum loaned on it; a law which covers all possible cases of a crime; receipts than do not cover expenses..
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