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receipt

/ɹɪˈsit/

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The p is silent.

Stress SEET. The p is silent, and the first syllable is lighter.

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“Please keep the receipt.”

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What does receipt mean?

noun

  1. The act of receiving, or the fact of having been received.
  2. A quantity or amount received; takings.
  3. A written acknowledgment that a specified article or sum of money has been received.
More meanings (11)

noun

  1. (A piece of) evidence, documentation, etc. to prove one's past actions, accomplishments, etc.
  2. (A piece of) evidence (e.g. documentation or screen captures) of past wrongdoing.
  3. (obsolete) The fact of having received a blow, injury etc.
  4. (archaic) A recipe, instructions, prescription.
  5. (obsolete) A receptacle.
  6. (obsolete) A revenue office.
  7. (obsolete) Reception, as an act of hospitality.
  8. (obsolete) Capability of receiving; capacity.
  9. (obsolete) A recess; a retired place.

verb

  1. To give or write a receipt (for something).
  2. To put a receipt on, as by writing or stamping; to mark a bill as having been paid.
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IPA pronunciation

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In the pages of books

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A day or two after the receipt of the money Thomasin had sent a note to her aunt to thank her.
Thomas HardyThe Return of the NativeProject Gutenberg ebook #122
“Mr. Luker was robbed of a receipt which he had got from his banker’s—was he not? What was the receipt for?”
Wilkie CollinsThe MoonstoneProject Gutenberg ebook #155
More book examples (3)
In addition to this he will receive from the depart- ment in London, a few days after, a receipt for the amount.
William, F.S.A., of Exeter CottonEverybody's Guide to Money Matters With a description of the various investments chiefly dealt in on the stock exchange, and the mode of dealing thereinProject Gutenberg ebook #1903
The captain finally advises the payment of the duty and the acceptance of a receipt for the amount, and takes his leave.
Thomas StevensAround the World on a Bicycle - Volume I From San Francisco to TeheranProject Gutenberg ebook #5136
But Numa, willing to elude the cruelty of this receipt, turned it another way, saying, "Your meaning is, the hairs of men's heads."
PlutarchPlutarch: Lives of the noble Grecians and RomansProject Gutenberg ebook #674