1.The act of receiving; reception. "At the receipt of your letter."
2.Reception, as an act of hospitality. (Obs.) "Thy kind receipt of me."
3.Capability of receiving; capacity. (Obs.) "It has become a place of great receipt."
4.Place of receiving. (Obs.) "He saw a man, named Matthew, sitting at the receipt of custom."
5.Hence, a recess; a retired place. (Obs.) "In a retired receipt together lay."
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."
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.
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