receipt

A2 Topic:Personal Finance

US /ɹɪˈsit/ UK /ɹɪˈsiːt/ See IPA manual

Freq #5692

Meanings

1

noun
A piece of paper showing that you have paid for something.

Keep your receipt in case you want to return the item.
2

noun
The act of receiving something.

Payment is due on receipt of the goods.
3

noun
Proof or evidence of something someone has said or done (informal).

He claimed he never said it, but we have the receipts.

Thesaurus

Word family

Forms receiptedreceiptingreceipts

Derived forms misreceiptnonreceiptreceiptablereceipterreceiptholderreceiptlessreceiptorunreceipted

Related forms docketrcptreceivable receive reception receptive

Etymology

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)).

*keh₂p- Proto-Indo-European receyt Middle English receite fro-nor recete Old French receptus Latin

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Topics

Personal Finance Shopping & Services Register & Style

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# receipt

**Type:** Word
**Level:** A2
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ɹɪˈsit/
**IPA (UK):** /ɹɪˈsiːt/
**Frequency rank:** 5692

## Meanings
1. A piece of paper showing that you have paid for something.
2. The act of receiving something.
3. Proof or evidence of something someone has said or done (informal).

## Examples
- Keep your receipt in case you want to return the item.
- Payment is due on receipt of the goods.
- He claimed he never said it, but we have the receipts.

## Derived Forms
- misreceipt
- nonreceipt
- receiptable
- receipter
- receiptholder
- receiptless
- receiptor
- unreceipted

## Related Forms
- docket
- rcpt
- receivable
- receive
- reception
- receptive

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *keh₂p-
- Root: receyt
- Root: receite
- Root: recete
- Root: receptus

## Etymology
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)).

## AI Etymology
Receipt comes 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)). Modern senses include a piece of paper showing that you have paid for something. and the act of receiving something.. The wider word family includes derivatives such as misreceipt, nonreceipt, receiptable, receipter, receiptholder, and receiptless and related forms such as docket, rcpt, receivable, and receive.

## Topics
- Personal Finance
- Shopping & Services
- Register & Style

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