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receipt

re·ceipt

UK/ɹɪˈsiːt/ US/ɹɪˈsit/ fairly common
noun (2) verb (2)

noun

1.

the act of receiving

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2.

verb

1.

report the receipt of

  • “The program committee acknowledged the submission of the authors of the paper”
Synonyms
2.

mark or stamp as paid

Origin

From Middle English receyt, recorded since c. 1386 as "statement of ingredients in a potion or medicine," from Anglo-Norman or Old Northern French receite (“receipt, recipe”) (1304), altered (by influence of receit (“he receives”), from Latin recipit) from Old French recete, from Latin receptus, perfect passive participle of recipiō, itself from re- (“back”) + capiō (“to take”). The unpronounced p was later inserted to make the word appear closer to its Latin root. Doublet of recept and recipe. False cognate of Persian رسید (resid) (whence Urdu رسید (rasīd)).

Phrases

  • delivery receipt
  • deposit receipt
  • depositary receipt
  • gate receipts
  • gift receipt
  • read receipt
  • sales slip

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