| Receipt |
n. |
The act of receiving; reception. |
| Receipt |
n. |
Reception, as an act of hospitality. |
| Receipt |
n. |
Capability of receiving; capacity. |
| Receipt |
n. |
Place of receiving. |
| Receipt |
n. |
Hence, a recess; a retired place. |
| 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 |
n. |
A writing acknowledging the taking or receiving of goods delivered; an acknowledgment of money paid. |
| 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. |
| Receipt |
v. t. |
To give a receipt for; as, to receipt goods delivered by a sheriff. |
| Receipt |
v. t. |
To put a receipt on, as by writing or stamping; as, to receipt a bill. |
| Receipt |
v. i. |
To give a receipt, as for money paid. |
| Receipted |
imp. & p. p. |
of Receipt |
| Receipting |
p. pr. & vb. n. |
of Receipt |
| Receiptment |
n. |
The receiving or harboring a felon knowingly, after the commission of a felony. |
| Receiptor |
n. |
One who receipts; specifically (Law), one who receipts for property which has been taken by the sheriff. |
