Receive vs. Receipt

Receiveverb

To take, as something that is offered, given, committed, sent, paid, etc.; to accept; to be given something.

Receiveverb

To take possession of.

Receiveverb

To act as a host for guests; to give admittance to; to permit to enter, as into one's house, presence, company, etc.

Receiveverb

To incur (an injury).

Receiveverb

To allow (a custom, tradition, etc.); to give credence or acceptance to.

Receiveverb

(telecommunications) To detect a signal from a transmitter.

Receiveverb

(sports) To be in a position to take possession, or hit back the ball.

Receiveverb

To be in a position to hit back a service.

Receiveverb

(American football) To be in a position to catch a forward pass.

Receiveverb

To accept into the mind; to understand.

Receivenoun

(telecommunications) An operation in which data is received.

Receiveverb

To take, as something that is offered, given, committed, sent, paid, or the like; to accept; as, to receive money offered in payment of a debt; to receive a gift, a message, or a letter.

Receiveverb

Hence: To gain the knowledge of; to take into the mind by assent to; to give admission to; to accept, as an opinion, notion, etc.; to embrace.

Receiveverb

To allow, as a custom, tradition, or the like; to give credence or acceptance to.

Receiveverb

To give admittance to; to permit to enter, as into one's house, presence, company, and the like; as, to receive a lodger, visitor, ambassador, messenger, etc.

Receiveverb

To admit; to take in; to hold; to contain; to have capacity for; to be able to take in.

Receiveverb

To be affected by something; to suffer; to be subjected to; as, to receive pleasure or pain; to receive a wound or a blow; to receive damage.

Receiveverb

To take from a thief, as goods known to be stolen.

Receiveverb

To bat back (the ball) when served.

Receiveverb

To receive visitors; to be at home to receive calls; as, she receives on Tuesdays.

Receiveverb

To return, or bat back, the ball when served; as, it is your turn to receive.

Receiveverb

get something; come into possession of;

Receiveverb

receive a specified treatment (abstract);

Receiveverb

recieve (perceptual input);

Receiveverb

of mental or physical states or experiences;

Receiveverb

express willingness to have in one's home or environs;

Receiveverb

accept as true or valid;

Receiveverb

bid welcome to; greet upon arrival

Receiveverb

convert into sounds or pictures;

Receiveverb

experience as a reaction;

Receiveverb

have or give a reception;

Receiveverb

receive as a retribution or punishment;

Receiveverb

partake of the Holy Eucharist sacrament

Receiveverb

regard favorably or with disapproval;

Receiptnoun

The act of receiving, or the fact of having been received.

Receiptnoun

(obsolete) The fact of having received a blow, injury etc.

Receiptnoun

(in the plural) A quantity or amount received; takings.

Receiptnoun

A written acknowledgment that a specified article or sum of money has been received.

Receiptnoun

(A piece of) evidence (e.g. documentation or screen captures) of past wrongdoing or problematic behavior or statements.

Receiptnoun

(archaic in New England and rural US since end of 20th century, elsewhere since middle of 20th century) A recipe, instructions, prescription.

Receiptnoun

(obsolete) A receptacle.

Receiptnoun

(obsolete) A revenue office.

Receiptnoun

(obsolete) Reception, as an act of hospitality.

Receiptnoun

(obsolete) Capability of receiving; capacity.

Receiptnoun

(obsolete) A recess; a retired place.

Receiptverb

To give or write a receipt (for something).

Receiptverb

To put a receipt on, as by writing or stamping; to mark a bill as having been paid.

Receiptnoun

The act of receiving; reception.

Receiptnoun

Reception, as an act of hospitality.

Receiptnoun

Capability of receiving; capacity.

Receiptnoun

Place of receiving.

Receiptnoun

Hence, a recess; a retired place.

Receiptnoun

A formulary according to the directions of which things are to be taken or combined; a recipe; as, a receipt for making sponge cake.

Receiptnoun

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

Receiptnoun

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.

Receiptverb

To give a receipt for; as, to receipt goods delivered by a sheriff.

Receiptverb

To put a receipt on, as by writing or stamping; as, to receipt a bill.

Receiptverb

To give a receipt, as for money paid.

Receiptnoun

the act of receiving

Receiptnoun

an acknowledgment (usually tangible) that payment has been made

Receiptverb

report the receipt of;

Receiptverb

mark or stamp as paid

Receiptnoun

the action of receiving something or the fact of its being received

Receiptnoun

a written or printed statement acknowledging that something has been paid for or that goods have been received

Receiptnoun

an amount of money received during a particular period by an organization or business

Receiptnoun

a recipe

Receiptverb

mark (a bill) as paid

Receipt

A receipt (also known as a packing list, packing slip, packaging slip, (delivery) docket, shipping list, delivery list, bill of parcel, manifest or customer receipt) is a document acknowledging that a person has received money or property in payment following a sale or other transfer of goods or provision of a service. All receipts must have the date of purchase on them.