RECEIPT
\ɹɪsˈiːt], \ɹɪsˈiːt], \ɹ_ɪ_s_ˈiː_t]\
Definitions of RECEIPT
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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By Princeton University
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Reception, as an act of hospitality.
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Capability of receiving; capacity.
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Place of receiving.
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Hence, a recess; a retired place.
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A formulary according to the directions of which things are to be taken or combined; a recipe; as, a receipt for making sponge cake.
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A writing acknowledging the taking or receiving of goods delivered; an acknowledgment of money paid.
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To give a receipt for; as, to receipt goods delivered by a sheriff.
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To put a receipt on, as by writing or stamping; as, to receipt a bill.
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To give a receipt, as for money paid.
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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.
By Oddity Software
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Reception, as an act of hospitality.
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Capability of receiving; capacity.
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Place of receiving.
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Hence, a recess; a retired place.
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A formulary according to the directions of which things are to be taken or combined; a recipe; as, a receipt for making sponge cake.
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A writing acknowledging the taking or receiving of goods delivered; an acknowledgment of money paid.
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To give a receipt for; as, to receipt goods delivered by a sheriff.
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To put a receipt on, as by writing or stamping; as, to receipt a bill.
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To give a receipt, as for money paid.
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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.
By Noah Webster.
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The act of getting, or state of having, anything that has been given, sent, etc.; as, the receipt of a letter; in receipt of news; a direction for making something by mixing certain things together, especially in cookery; a recipe; a written acknowledgment of anything had from another; that which is taken, in distinction to that which is given out; usually in the.
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To sign in acknowledgment of payment; as, to receipt a bill.
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Give a written acknowledgment of money paid.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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Act of receiving: place of receiving: power of holding: a written acknowledgment of anything received: that which is received: a receipe.
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To give a receipt for: to sign.
By Daniel Lyons
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Act of receiving; written acknowledgment of anything received.
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To give a receipt; affix a receipt to.
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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To give a receipt (for).
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The act of receiving; that which is received; a written acknowledgment of anything received.
By James Champlin Fernald
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n. [Latin] Act of receiving; reception;-power of receiving or containing; capacity;-place of receiving;- a plan or formulary according to the direction of which things are to be combined: a recipe;- a written acknowledgement of payment;-that which is received.
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