Receipt /(rē̇*sēt")/

1. The act of receiving; reception.
2. Reception, as an act of hospitality. [Obs.]

   Thy kind receipt of me.

3. Capability of receiving; capacity. [Obs.]

   It has become a place of great receipt.

4. Place of receiving. [Obs.]

   He saw a man, named Matthew, sitting at the receipt of custom.

5. Hence, a recess; a retired place. [Obs.]
6. 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.

7. A writing acknowledging the taking or receiving of goods delivered; an acknowledgment of money paid.
8. 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.

imp. & p. p. Receipted; p. pr. & vb. n. Receipting

1. To give a receipt for; as, to receipt goods delivered by a sheriff.
2. To put a receipt on, as by writing or stamping; as, to receipt a bill.

1. To give a receipt, as for money paid.