1. (n.) The act of receiving; reception.
2. (n.) Reception, as an act of hospitality.
3. (n.) Capability of receiving; capacity.
4. (n.) Place of receiving.
5. (n.) Hence, a recess; a retired place.
6. (n.) A formulary according to the directions of which things are to be taken or combined; a recipe; as, a receipt for making sponge cake.
7. (n.) A writing acknowledging the taking or receiving of goods delivered; an acknowledgment of money paid.
8. (n.) 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.
9. (v. t.) To give a receipt for; as, to receipt goods delivered by a sheriff.
10. (v. t.) To put a receipt on, as by writing or stamping; as, to receipt a bill.
11. (v. i.) To give a receipt, as for money paid.
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