receipt
noun
[ rɪˈsiːt ]
• the action of receiving something or the fact of its being received.
• "I would be grateful if you would acknowledge receipt of this letter"
• a recipe.
• "she spent hours in the kitchen, trying all sorts of receipts"
receipt
verb
• mark (a bill) as paid.
• "one copy can be receipted and returned to you"
Origin:
late Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French receite, from medieval Latin recepta ‘received’, feminine past participle of Latin recipere . The -p- was inserted in imitation of the Latin spelling.
