·noun Place of receiving.
II. Receipt ·noun The act of receiving; reception.
III. Receipt ·noun Hence, a recess; a retired place.
IV. Receipt ·noun Capability of receiving; capacity.
V. Receipt ·noun Reception, as an act of hospitality.
VI. Receipt ·vi To give a receipt, as for money paid.
VII. Receipt ·vt To give a receipt for; as, to receipt goods delivered by a sheriff.
VIII. Receipt ·vt To put a receipt on, as by writing or stamping; as, to receipt a bill.
IX. Receipt ·noun A writing acknowledging the taking or receiving of goods delivered; an acknowledgment of money paid.
X. Receipt ·noun A formulary according to the directions of which things are to be taken or combined; a recipe; as, a receipt for making sponge cake.
XI. Receipt ·noun 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.