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Receipt   /rɪsˈit/  /risˈit/   Listen
Receipt

noun
1.
The act of receiving.  Synonym: reception.
2.
An acknowledgment (usually tangible) that payment has been made.
verb
(past & past part. receipted; pres. part. receipting)
1.
Report the receipt of.  Synonym: acknowledge.
2.
Mark or stamp as paid.






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"Receipt" Quotes from Famous Books



... see me—Graham," he read, and the actual receipt of the message stirred within him such a whirl of emotion that, for a moment or two, Joan Whitworth spoke and he was not aware of it. Suddenly, however, he understood that she was speaking words ...
— The Summons • A.E.W. Mason

... replied Gatton, "and a hotel address, but confirmation of their accuracy was never sought, after the receipt of ...
— The Green Eyes of Bast • Sax Rohmer

... him a paper which Owen read with surprise. It was a receipt in full for all Owen owed. Owen put ...
— The Perils of Pauline • Charles Goddard

... enjoyable at that far-away post. My official life in Madagascar was not without its lights and shadows, and the latter sometimes "paled the ineffectual rays" of belated instructions. Of an instance I may make mention. I was in receipt of a cablegram from the Department of State advising me that the flagship "Chicago," with Admiral Howison, would at an early date stop at Tamatave and instructing me to obtain what wild animals I could indigenous to Madagascar and have them ready to ship thereby for the Smithsonian ...
— Shadow and Light - An Autobiography with Reminiscences of the Last and Present Century • Mifflin Wistar Gibbs

... de loan. Vot I say I say." He thrust his hand into a side pocket, from which he drew a flat wallet. "And dere is de money. I give you a receipt for de case." ...
— Felix O'Day • F. Hopkinson Smith


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