Definition of receipt

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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..

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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..
Receipted :: Receipted (imp. & p. p.) of Receip.
Receiptment :: Receiptment (n.) The receiving or harboring a felon knowingly, after the commission of a felony..
Income :: Income (n.) That gain which proceeds from labor, business, property, or capital of any kind, as the produce of a farm, the rent of houses, the proceeds of professional business, the profits of commerce or of occupation, or the interest of money or stock in funds, etc.; revenue; receipts; salary; especially, the annual receipts of a private person, or a corporation, from property; as, a large income..
Pensioner :: Pensioner (n.) One in receipt of a pension; hence, figuratively, a dependent..
Report :: Report (v. t.) To give an official account or statement of; as, a treasurer reports the receipts and expenditures..
Writing :: Writing (n.) Any legal instrument, as a deed, a receipt, a bond, an agreement, or the like..
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.
Cookbook :: Cookbook (n.) A book of directions and receipts for cooking; a cookery book.
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..
Receiptor :: Receiptor (n.) One who receipts; specifically (Law), one who receipts for property which has been taken by the sheriff..
Receipt :: Receipt (n.) A writing acknowledging the taking or receiving of goods delivered; an acknowledgment of money paid.
Behindhand :: Behindhand (adv. & a.) In arrears financially; in a state where expenditures have exceeded the receipt of funds.
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..
Purser :: Purser (n.) A clerk on steam passenger vessels whose duty it is to keep the accounts of the vessels, such as the receipt of freight, tickets, etc..
Receipt :: Receipt (n.) Capability of receiving; capacity.
Acknowledge :: Acknowledge (v. t.) To own with gratitude or as a benefit or an obligation; as, to acknowledge a favor, the receipt of a letter..
Receipt :: Receipt (v. t.) To put a receipt on, as by writing or stamping; as, to receipt a bill..
Receipt :: Receipt (n.) Reception, as an act of hospitality..
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