Bible Dictionaries
Receipt

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(v. i.) To give a receipt, as for money paid.

(2):

(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.

(3):

(n.) The act of receiving; reception.

(4):

(v. t.) To give a receipt for; as, to receipt goods delivered by a sheriff.

(5):

(n.) A writing acknowledging the taking or receiving of goods delivered; an acknowledgment of money paid.

(6):

(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.

(7):

(v. t.) To put a receipt on, as by writing or stamping; as, to receipt a bill.

(8):

(n.) Hence, a recess; a retired place.

(9):

(n.) Place of receiving.

(10):

(n.) Capability of receiving; capacity.

(11):

(n.) Reception, as an act of hospitality.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Receipt'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​r/receipt.html. 1828.