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receipt

Definition

  • noun: a piece of paper on which the things that you buy or the services that you pay for are listed with the total amount paid and the prices for each
  • noun: a revenue office
  • verb: to give a receipt for or acknowledge the receipt of
  • usually used in plural
  • synonyms: recipe, receptacle, reception

Examples

  • I am 'in receipt of' your instructions. [=I have received your instructions]

  • The form should be completed and returned within 30 days of 'receipt'.

  • Keep your 'receipt' in case you need to return anything.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) Okay, well, then I'll come by. Okay, bye. Anybody want to take a walk down to th Street? I think I may have tracked down another receipt. I can't. I got to go visit Tina in the hospital. - George? - I'm going to a poetry reading... ...with Patrice. (..)
    1991 TvShow: Seinfeld Title: The Truth Season: 3 Episode 2
  • (..) Oh, Kramer. - Here, Kramer? - No, no. Let's go to the couch. Yes, I'm trying to get a copy of a receipt... ...for a computer that I bought there. It was . I remember I talked to a guy, had, like, a maroon sport jacket... ...and he might have had a toupee. (..)
    1991 TvShow: Seinfeld Title: The Truth Season: 3 Episode 2