Re*ceipt" (?), 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.
Cross receipts. See under Gross, a.
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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.
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Re*ceipt", v. i.
To give a receipt, as for money paid.
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