Receipt Meaning
/ɹɪˈsiːt/Definition, CEFR level A2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounThe act of receiving, or the fact of having been received.
nounThe fact of having received a blow, injury etc.
Sentence Examples
I lost my receipt. Can I still get a refund?
Please wait a moment while I write out your receipt.
Synonyms & Antonyms
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CEFR Practice Quiz
After paying for the groceries, she asked the cashier for a ____.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
She kept the ____ in case she needed to return the item within the thirty-day window.
Word Origin & History
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)).
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"Your Grace shall understand that at the receipt of your letter I am very sick"
— c. 1596–1598 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene i]:
"And therewith Sir Launcelot gate all his armoure as well as he myght and put hit upon hym for drede of more resseite[…]."
— 1470–1485 (date produced), Thomas Malory, “Capitulum xvi”, in [Le Morte Darthur], book VI, [London: […] by William Caxton], published 31 July 1485, →OCLC; republished as H[einrich] Oskar Sommer, editor, Le Morte Darthur […], London: David Nutt, […], 1889, →OCLC:
"So, Andy, if you ask me nicely, I might produce a receipt that is my marriage certificate."
— 2020, “Reunion Part 1”, in The Real Housewives of Atlanta, season 12, episode 24:
""Oh yes, the Internet trolls went there, and we've got the receipts"."
— 2020 December 1, Lindsey Wisniewski, “Darius Slay's Wikipedia page edited to claim DK Metcalf as his father”, in NBC Sports:
"She had a receipt to make white hair black."
— 1650, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], 2nd edition, London: […] A[braham] Miller, for Edw[ard] Dod and Nath[aniel] Ekins, […], →OCLC:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
After paying for the groceries, she asked the cashier for a ____.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
She kept the ____ in case she needed to return the item within the thirty-day window.