noun · verb · 18 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Received-Pronunciation:/ɹɪˈsiːt/
Canada, General-American:/ɹɪˈsit/
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Australian:/ɹɪˈsiːt/
Australian:[ɹɪˈsɪit]
Australian:[ɹɪˈsɪ̈it]
rhymes with -iːt
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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
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