Receipt \Re*ceipt"\, n. [OE. receite, OF. recete, recepte, F. recette, fr. L. recipere, receptum, to receive. See Receive.]

1. The act of receiving; reception. ``At the receipt of your letter.'' --Shak.

2. Reception, as an act of hospitality. [Obs.]

Thy kind receipt of me. --Chapman.

3. Capability of receiving; capacity. [Obs.]

It has become a place of great receipt. --Evelyn.

4. Place of receiving. [Obs.]

He saw a man, named Matthew, sitting at the receipt of custom. --Matt. ix. 9.

5. Hence, a recess; a retired place. [Obs.]

``In a retired receipt together lay.'' --Chapman.

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

She had a receipt to make white hair black. --Sir T. Browne.

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

8. 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.

Cross receipts. See under Gross, a.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Receipt \Re*ceipt"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Receipted; p. pr. & vb. n. Receipting.]

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

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

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Receipt \Re*ceipt"\, v. i. To give a receipt, as for money paid.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)