receipt

CEFRA2

/ɹɪˈsiːt/

noun

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A written record showing that money or goods were received.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A quantity or amount received; takings.

Examples

  • I lost my receipt. Can I still get a refund?

  • Please wait a moment while I write out your receipt.

At a glance

Sits at A2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5

Also pronounced

  • [ɹɪˈsɪit]
  • /ɹɪˈsit/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. The fact of having received a blow, injury etc.

  2. The act of receiving, or the fact of having been received.

  3. A written acknowledgment that a specified article or sum of money has been received.

More examples

In context

  • A balance payable on receipt of the goods.

  • This weekend's receipts alone cover our costs to mount the production!

  • to receipt delivered goods

Quick test

Two questions on this entry. Nothing is scored.

Question 1 · Quick check

After paying for the groceries, she asked the cashier for a blank.

Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.

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Origin

noun

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)).