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receipt

Syllabification: (re·ceipt)

Pronunciation: /riˈsēt/

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Definition of receipt

noun

1the action of receiving something or the fact of its being received:I would be grateful if you would acknowledge receipt of this letter this office is already in receipt of your midterm grades
a written or printed statement acknowledging that something has been paid for or that goods have been received.
(receipts) an amount of money received during a particular period by an organization or business:box-office receipts

2 archaic a recipe.

verb

[with object] (usually as adjective receipted)

mark (a bill) as paid:the receipted hotel bill
write a receipt for (goods or money):all fish shall be receipted at time of purchase

Origin:

late Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French receite, from medieval Latin recepta 'received', feminine past participle of Latin recipere. The -p- was inserted in imitation of the Latin spelling

i before e except after c (as in receive).Remember that receipt has a silent p before the t.

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