Re*ceipt" , v. i. To give a receipt, as for money paid.
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.
Re*ceipt" (r&esl;*sēt"), 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.
Gross receipts. See under Gross, a.
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