n.
- the action of receiving something or the fact of its being received.
▸a written or printed acknowledgement of this.
▸
(receipts)
an amount of money received over a period by an organization.
- archaic a recipe.
v.
[
usu. as adj. receipted]
mark (a bill) as paid.
Etymology
ME: from Anglo-Norman Fr. receite, from med. L. recepta ‘received’, fem. past part. of L. recipere.