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Noun: receipt  ri'seet
  1. An acknowledgment (usually tangible) that payment has been made
    "The cashier handed him a receipt for his purchase"
     
  2. The act of receiving
    "The receipt of the important documents was confirmed by the courier";
    - reception
Verb: receipt  ri'seet
  1. Mark or stamp as paid
    "The clerk receipted the invoice"
     
  2. Report the receipt of
    "Please receipt these documents";
    - acknowledge

Derived forms: receipts, receipting, receipted

Type of: acknowledgement, acknowledgment, acquiring, check, check off, communicate, getting, mark, mark off, pass, pass along, pass on, put across, tick [Brit], tick off [Brit, Cdn, informal]

Encyclopedia: Receipt