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What does "receipt" mean?

Receipt: Reception, as an act of hospitality. [Obs.] Thy kind receipt of me. Chapman.

Additional senses

  1. 2.Capability of receiving; capacity. [Obs.] It has become a place of great receipt. Evelyn.
  2. 3.Place of receiving. [Obs.] He saw a man, named Matthew, sitting at the receipt of custom. Matt. ix.
  3. 4.5. Hence, a recess; a retired place. [Obs.] "In a retired receipt together lay." Chapman.
  4. 5.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.
  5. 6.A writing acknowledging the taking or receiving of goods delivered; an acknowledgment of money paid.
  6. 7.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.
  7. 8.To give a receipt for; as, to receipt goods delivered by a sheriff.
  8. 9.To put a receipt on, as by writing or stamping; as, to receipt a bill.
  9. 10.To give a receipt, as for money paid.

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