Standard Lemma guide

receipt

noun · verb · 18 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈsiːt/
  • Canada, General-American: /ɹɪˈsit/
  • General-American: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Australian: /ɹɪˈsiːt/
  • Australian: [ɹɪˈsɪit]
  • Australian: [ɹɪˈsɪ̈it]
  • rhymes with -iːt
  • CMU ARPABET: R IH0 S IY1 T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
  • CMU ARPABET 2: R IY0 S IY1 T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Examples

  • A balance payable on receipt of the goods.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

The fact of having received a blow, injury etc.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, obsolete, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

A quantity or amount received; takings.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, in-plural, uncountable

Examples

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

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

A written acknowledgment that a specified article or sum of money has been received.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, plural-normally, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

noun

Meaning 6

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Internet, broadly, countable, plural-normally, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

noun

Meaning 7

A recipe, instructions, prescription.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: archaic, countable, uncountable

Qualifier: elsewhere since middle of 20th century

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

8

noun

Meaning 8

A receptacle.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, obsolete, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

9

noun

Meaning 9

A revenue office.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, obsolete, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

10

noun

Meaning 10

Reception, as an act of hospitality.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, obsolete, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

11

noun

Meaning 11

Capability of receiving; capacity.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, obsolete, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

12

noun

Meaning 12

A recess; a retired place.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, obsolete, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

13

verb

Meaning 13

To give or write a receipt (for something).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • to receipt delivered goods

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

14

verb

Meaning 14

To put a receipt on, as by writing or stamping; to mark a bill as having been paid.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • to receipt a bill

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

15

noun

Meaning 15

the act of receiving

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: reception

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: acquiring, getting

16

noun

Meaning 16

an acknowledgment (usually tangible) that payment has been made

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: acknowledgment, acknowledgement

Narrower terms: stub, ticket stub, bill of lading, waybill, pawn ticket

17

verb

Meaning 17

mark or stamp as paid

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: check, check off, mark, mark off, tick off, tick

18

verb

Meaning 18

report the receipt of

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • The program committee acknowledged the submission of the authors of the paper

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: acknowledge

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: communicate, pass on, pass, pass along, put across

History

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)).

Across languages

Translations

265 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Belarusian: атрыма́нне (atrymánnje) — act of receiving
  • Belarusian: прыня́цце (prynjáccje) — act of receiving
  • Belarusian: прыём (pryjóm) — act of receiving
  • Bulgarian: прие́мане (priémane) — act of receiving
  • Bulgarian: получа́ване (polučávane) — act of receiving
  • Catalan: recepció — act of receiving
  • Czech: příjem — act of receiving
  • Dutch: ontvangst — act of receiving
  • Dutch: ontvangen — act of receiving
  • Finnish: vastaanotto — act of receiving
  • French: réception — act of receiving
  • German: Empfang — act of receiving
  • Greek: αποδοχή (apodochí) — act of receiving
  • Hindi: प्राप्ति (prāpti) — act of receiving
  • Hungarian: átvétel — act of receiving
  • Italian: ricezione — act of receiving
  • Italian: reception — act of receiving
  • Japanese: 受け取り (uketori) — act of receiving
  • Lombard: rececion (recezion) — act of receiving
  • Macedonian: при́мање (prímanje) — act of receiving
  • Malagasy: ray — act of receiving
  • Māori: rironga — act of receiving
  • Norwegian Bokmål: mottakelse — act of receiving
  • Norwegian Bokmål: mottak — act of receiving
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: mottak — act of receiving
  • Occitan: recepcion — act of receiving
  • Polish: przyjęcie — act of receiving
  • Portuguese: recepção — act of receiving
  • Portuguese: recebimento — act of receiving
  • Russian: получе́ние (polučénije) — act of receiving
  • Russian: приём (prijóm) — act of receiving
  • Slovak: príjem — act of receiving
  • Spanish: recepción — act of receiving
  • Spanish: recibimiento — act of receiving
  • Spanish: recibo — act of receiving
  • Swedish: mottagning — act of receiving
  • Swedish: mottagande — act of receiving
  • Ukrainian: оде́ржання (odéržannja) — act of receiving
  • Ukrainian: отри́мання (otrýmannja) — act of receiving
  • Ukrainian: прийма́ння (pryjmánnja) — act of receiving
  • Ukrainian: прийняття́ (pryjnjattjá) — act of receiving
  • Welsh: derbyn — act of receiving
  • Welsh: derbyniad — act of receiving
  • Belarusian: прыхо́д (pryxód) — amount received
  • Bulgarian: при́ход (príhod) — amount received
  • Dutch: ontvangsten — amount received
  • Dutch: inkomsten — amount received
  • Finnish: tulot — amount received
  • German: Einnahme — amount received
  • Irish: fáltais — amount received
  • Italian: incasso — amount received
  • Portuguese: receita — amount received
  • Russian: прихо́д (prixód) — amount received
  • Swedish: intäkt — amount received
  • Swedish: inkomst — amount received
  • Swedish: fångst — amount received
  • Swedish: bärgning — amount received
  • Swedish: skörd — amount received
  • Ukrainian: прихо́д (pryxód) — amount received
  • Vietnamese: biên nhận — amount received
  • Vietnamese: biên lai — amount received
  • Welsh: derbyniad — amount received
  • Albanian: faturë — written acknowledgement
  • Arabic: إِيصَال (ʔīṣāl) — written acknowledgement
  • Armenian: անդորրագիր (andorragir) — written acknowledgement
  • Azerbaijani: qəbz — written acknowledgement
  • Belarusian: квіта́нцыя (kvitáncyja) — written acknowledgement
  • Belarusian: распі́ска (raspíska) — written acknowledgement
  • Belarusian: квіто́к (kvitók) — written acknowledgement
  • Belarusian: чэк (ček) — written acknowledgement
  • Bengali: রসিদ (rośid) — written acknowledgement
  • Bulgarian: квита́нция (kvitáncija) — written acknowledgement
  • Bulgarian: ра́зписка (rázpiska) — written acknowledgement
  • Bulgarian: касов бон (kasov bon) — written acknowledgement
  • Burmese: ဖြတ်ပိုင်း (hpratpuing:) — written acknowledgement
  • Catalan: rebut — written acknowledgement
  • Catalan: tiquet — written acknowledgement
  • Chinese Cantonese: 收據 /收据 (sau1 geoi3) — written acknowledgement
  • Chinese: зыданданзы (zɨdandanzɨ) — written acknowledgement
  • Chinese: зыдандар (zɨdandar) — written acknowledgement
  • Chinese Mandarin: 收條 /收条 (shōutiáo) — written acknowledgement
  • Chinese Mandarin: 發票 /发票 (fāpiào) — written acknowledgement
  • Chinese Mandarin: 收據 /收据 (shōujù) — written acknowledgement
  • Chinese Mandarin: 小票 (xiǎopiào) — written acknowledgement
  • Czech: stvrzenka — written acknowledgement
  • Czech: účtenka — written acknowledgement
  • Czech: kvitance — written acknowledgement
  • Czech: paragon — written acknowledgement
  • Danish: kvittering — written acknowledgement
  • Danish: bon — written acknowledgement
  • Dutch: ontvangstbewijs — written acknowledgement
  • Dutch: kwitantie — written acknowledgement
  • Dutch: bonnetje — written acknowledgement
  • Dutch: reçu — written acknowledgement
  • Dutch: betalingsbewijs — written acknowledgement
  • Esperanto: kvitanco — written acknowledgement
  • Estonian: kviitung — written acknowledgement
  • Faroese: kvittan — written acknowledgement
  • Finnish: kuitti — written acknowledgement
  • Finnish: kuittaus — written acknowledgement
  • French: reçu — written acknowledgement
  • French: récépissé — written acknowledgement
  • French: any of the preceding or quittance — written acknowledgement
  • French: for sent e-mail — written acknowledgement
  • French: letter — written acknowledgement
  • French: accusé de réception — written acknowledgement
  • French: ticket — written acknowledgement
  • Georgian: ქვითარი (kvitari) — written acknowledgement
  • German: Empfangsbestätigung — written acknowledgement
  • German: Quittung — written acknowledgement
  • German: Beleg — written acknowledgement
  • German: Kassenzettel — written acknowledgement
  • Greek: απόδειξη (apódeixi) — written acknowledgement
  • Ancient Greek: πιττάκιον (pittákion) — written acknowledgement
  • Gujarati: રસીદ (rasīd) — written acknowledgement
  • Gujarati: પાવતી (pāvtī) — written acknowledgement
  • Hebrew: קַבָּלָה (kabbala) — written acknowledgement
  • Hindi: रसीद (rasīd) — written acknowledgement
  • Hindi: प्राप्ति (prāpti) — written acknowledgement
  • Hungarian: nyugta — written acknowledgement
  • Hungarian: elismervény — written acknowledgement
  • Icelandic: kvittun — written acknowledgement
  • Ido: recev-atesto — written acknowledgement
  • Indonesian: kuitansi — written acknowledgement
  • Indonesian: resi — written acknowledgement
  • Indonesian: bon — written acknowledgement
  • Indonesian: tanda terima — written acknowledgement
  • Indonesian: setruk — written acknowledgement
  • Ingrian: raspiska — written acknowledgement
  • Irish: admháil — written acknowledgement
  • Italian: quietanza — written acknowledgement
  • Italian: ricevuta — written acknowledgement
  • Italian: scontrino — written acknowledgement
  • Japanese: 領収書 (ryōshūsho) — written acknowledgement
  • Japanese: レシート (reshīto) — written acknowledgement
  • Japanese: 受領書 (juryōsho) — written acknowledgement
  • Kannada: ರಸೀದಿ (rasīdi) — written acknowledgement
  • Kazakh: түбіртек (tübırtek) — written acknowledgement
  • Kazakh: қолхат (qolxat) — written acknowledgement
  • Khmer: បង្កាន់ដៃ (bɑɑbɑngkan day) — written acknowledgement
  • Khmer: បង្កាន់ (bɑɑbɑngkan) — written acknowledgement
  • Korean: 영수증 (yeongsujeung) — written acknowledgement
  • Korean: 령수증 (ryeongsujeung) — written acknowledgement
  • Northern Kurdish: meqbûz — written acknowledgement
  • Kyrgyz: квитанция (kvitantsiya) — written acknowledgement
  • Kyrgyz: дүмүрчөк (dümürcök) — written acknowledgement
  • Lao: ໃບເສັດ (bai set) — written acknowledgement
  • Lao: ໃບຮັບ (bai hap) — written acknowledgement
  • Latvian: kvīts — written acknowledgement
  • Lithuanian: kvitas — written acknowledgement
  • Lithuanian: čekis — written acknowledgement
  • Lombard: scontrin — written acknowledgement
  • Lombard: recevuda — written acknowledgement
  • Lombard: recevida — written acknowledgement
  • Lun Bawang: rasit — written acknowledgement
  • Macedonian: потврда (potvrda) — written acknowledgement
  • Macedonian: сметкопотврда (smetkopotvrda) — written acknowledgement
  • Macedonian: белешка (beleška) — written acknowledgement
  • Macedonian: признаница (priznanica) — written acknowledgement
  • Malay: resit — written acknowledgement
  • Malayalam: രസീത് (rasītŭ) — written acknowledgement
  • Māori: rihīti — written acknowledgement
  • Māori: puka whakamana utu — written acknowledgement
  • Mongolian: баримт (barimt) — written acknowledgement
  • Mongolian: тасалбар (tasalbar) — written acknowledgement
  • Norman: tchittance — written acknowledgement
  • Norman: èrchu — written acknowledgement
  • Norwegian Bokmål: kvittering — written acknowledgement
  • Norwegian Bokmål: kassalapp — written acknowledgement
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: kassalapp — written acknowledgement
  • Oromo: nagahee — written acknowledgement
  • Pashto: چيټۍ (čiṭǝy) — written acknowledgement
  • Dari: رَسِید (rasīd) — written acknowledgement
  • Iranian Persian: رِسید (resid) — written acknowledgement
  • Plautdietsch: Ressiet — written acknowledgement
  • Polish: paragon — written acknowledgement
  • Polish: kwit — written acknowledgement
  • Portuguese: recibo — written acknowledgement
  • Portuguese: nota fiscal — written acknowledgement
  • Portuguese: talão — written acknowledgement
  • Romanian: chitanță — written acknowledgement
  • Russian: квита́нция (kvitáncija) — written acknowledgement
  • Russian: распи́ска (raspíska) — written acknowledgement
  • Russian: чек (ček) — written acknowledgement
  • Russian: квито́к (kvitók) — written acknowledgement
  • Serbo-Croatian: прѝзнаница — written acknowledgement
  • Serbo-Croatian: ра̀чӯн — written acknowledgement
  • Serbo-Croatian: prìznanica — written acknowledgement
  • Serbo-Croatian: ràčūn — written acknowledgement
  • Slovak: účtenka — written acknowledgement
  • Slovak: príjmový doklad — written acknowledgement
  • Slovak: paragón — written acknowledgement
  • Slovak: lístok — written acknowledgement
  • Slovene: račun — written acknowledgement
  • Slovene: potrdilo — written acknowledgement
  • Spanish: recibo — written acknowledgement
  • Spanish: resguardo — written acknowledgement
  • Spanish: comprobante — written acknowledgement
  • Spanish: albarán — written acknowledgement
  • Spanish: boleta — written acknowledgement
  • Spanish: recibí — written acknowledgement
  • Swahili: resiti — written acknowledgement
  • Swedish: kvitto — written acknowledgement
  • Swedish: kvittens — written acknowledgement
  • Swedish: mottagarbevis — written acknowledgement
  • Swedish: verifikat — written acknowledgement
  • Tagalog: resibo — written acknowledgement
  • Tajik: расид (rasid) — written acknowledgement
  • Tajik: квитансия (kvitansiya) — written acknowledgement
  • Tatar: квитанция (kwitantsiyä) — written acknowledgement
  • Telugu: రసీదు (rasīdu) — written acknowledgement
  • Thai: ใบเสร็จ (bai-sèt) — written acknowledgement
  • Thai: ใบรับเงิน (bai-ráp-ngən) — written acknowledgement
  • Thai: ใบรับของ (bai-ráp-kɔ̌ɔng) — written acknowledgement
  • Thai: ใบรับ (bai-ráp) — written acknowledgement
  • Tibetan: བྱུང་འཛིན་ (byung 'dzin) — written acknowledgement
  • Turkish: makbuz — written acknowledgement
  • Turkish: fiş — written acknowledgement
  • Turkmen: kwitansiýa — written acknowledgement
  • Ukrainian: квита́нція (kvytáncija) — written acknowledgement
  • Ukrainian: розпи́ска (rozpýska) — written acknowledgement
  • Ukrainian: чек (ček) — written acknowledgement
  • Ukrainian: квито́к (kvytók) — written acknowledgement
  • Urdu: رَسِید (rasīd) — written acknowledgement
  • Uyghur: تىلخەت (tilxet) — written acknowledgement
  • Uyghur: ھۆججەت (höjjet) — written acknowledgement
  • Uzbek: kvitantsiya — written acknowledgement
  • Uzbek: kvitansiya — written acknowledgement
  • Vietnamese: biên lai — written acknowledgement
  • Vietnamese: biên nhận — written acknowledgement
  • Welsh: derbynneb — written acknowledgement
  • Welsh: taleb — written acknowledgement
  • Yiddish: קוויט (kvit) — written acknowledgement
  • Yiddish: קוויטונג (kvitung) — written acknowledgement
  • Yoruba: rìsíìtì — written acknowledgement
  • Bulgarian: реце́пта (recépta) — obsolete: recipe
  • Catalan: recepta — obsolete: recipe
  • Dutch: recept — obsolete: recipe
  • Dutch: voorschrift — obsolete: recipe
  • Finnish: resepti — obsolete: recipe
  • French: recette — obsolete: recipe
  • Italian: ricetta — obsolete: recipe
  • Khmer: សូទសាស្ត្រ (sootea’ saah) — obsolete: recipe
  • Khmer: វេជ្ជបញ្ជា (vɨccea’ bɑɲcie) — obsolete: recipe
  • Lombard: receta — obsolete: recipe
  • Macedonian: реце́пт (recépt) — obsolete: recipe
  • Norwegian: oppskrift — obsolete: recipe
  • Occitan: recèpta — obsolete: recipe
  • Portuguese: receita — obsolete: recipe
  • Portuguese: receita — obsolete: recipe
  • Russian: реце́пт (recépt) — obsolete: recipe
  • Spanish: receta — obsolete: recipe
  • Swedish: recept — obsolete: recipe
  • Bulgarian: давам разписка (davam razpiska) — to give a receipt
  • Dutch: een ontvangstbewijs geven — to give a receipt
  • Finnish: kuitata — to give a receipt
  • Finnish: antaa kuitti — to give a receipt
  • French: quittancer — to give a receipt
  • Macedonian: и́здава (ízdava) — to give a receipt
  • Swedish: kvittera — to give a receipt
  • Dutch: voor ontvangst aftekenen — to mark a bill
  • Finnish: kuitata — to mark a bill
  • Swedish: kvittera — to mark a bill
  • Swedish: signera — to mark a bill
  • Swedish: skriva under — to mark a bill