receipt

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

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

   A balance payable on receipt of the goods.

2. 2
   noun

   The fact of having received a blow, injury etc.

   And therewith Sir Launcelot gate all his armoure as well as he myght and put hit upon hym for drede of more resseite[…].

3. 3
   noun

   A quantity or amount received; takings.

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

4. 4
   noun

   (A piece of) evidence, documentation, etc. to prove one's past actions, accomplishments, etc.

   So, Andy, if you ask me nicely, I might produce a receipt that is my marriage certificate.

5. 5
   noun

   (A piece of) evidence (e.g. documentation or screen captures) of past wrongdoing.

   "Oh yes, the Internet trolls went there, and we've got the receipts".

6. 6
   noun

   A recipe, instructions, prescription.

   She had a receipt to make white hair black.

7. 7
   noun

   Reception, as an act of hospitality.

   thy kind receipt of me

8. 8
   noun

   Capability of receiving; capacity.

   It has become a place of great receipt.

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)).