1mass noun The action of receiving something or the fact of its being received.

1. 1.1count noun A written or printed statement acknowledging that something has been paid for or that goods have been received.
   ‘always make sure you get a receipt’
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   • ‘In some parts of the country, criminal gangs will pay homeless people to rummage though dustbins for receipts and bank statements.’
   • ‘Sometimes I think I'm broke and then I'll find a €50 note nestling between a taxi receipt and an ATM statement.’
   • ‘A single mother from Stratton is warning people to check their receipts and bank statements after she was charged twice for the same items.’
   • ‘Save your receipts and each evening write down your expenses for the day.’
   • ‘He just gives you a small receipt printed out by computer.’
   • ‘Then something like a receipt or a statement came out of the machine and she took ages reading it before reinserting her card and doing the same again.’
   • ‘Therefore, if you paid cash, a receipt may be the only proof you have.’
   • ‘All collectors will carry appropriate identification and official receipts will be provided.’
   • ‘Still another computer scans the debit card information, tells the cashier's computer that the transaction is complete, and prints a receipt.’
   • ‘You will receive a receipt and acknowledgement by return.’
   • ‘To his surprise, the agent wrote him a receipt for the cash and stamped it.’
   • ‘Check your statements against your receipts and contact your bank or credit card company immediately if you spot anything unfamiliar.’
   • ‘Shredding your statements and receipts is also a good way to protect yourself from ‘bin raiders’, who piece together personal financial information from your rubbish.’
   • ‘Watch out for errors on your accounts by keeping good records: hang on to all your receipts and ATM slips and check every statement carefully.’
   • ‘Then there's his gripe about having to pay a €125 deposit for his broadband service and not receiving a receipt to acknowledge that he's coughed up.’
   • ‘Customers then place their order, print off a receipt and return home.’
   • ‘Shred or rip up all financial documents (including all receipts, statements, bills and junk mail) before disposal.’
   • ‘Having a set place to put your monthly bank statements, receipts, and bills can make the difference between chaos and order.’
   • ‘Get in the habit of regularly shredding statements, receipts, credit card applications, and other material with personal identification information.’
   • ‘Check your receipts against your statements carefully.’
   • ‘These records are equivalent to the till receipts you are given when shopping in the physical world.’
   Synonyms

   proof of purchase, sales slip, sales ticket, till receipt

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2. 1.2receiptsAn amount of money received during a particular period by an organization or business.
   ‘box office receipts’
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   • ‘Income tax receipts also include money netted by the Revenue Commissioners from its special investigations into tax evasion.’
   • ‘A growing number of states are in deficit as declining business profits reduce tax receipts and other revenues.’
   • ‘According to Professor Spencer, a drop-off in income tax receipts has been the result of the collapse in the technology sector, and the fading fortunes of wealthy financial workers.’
   • ‘Some market analysts argue that income tax receipts - where the greatest fall has occurred - have been distorted due to the change in the fiscal year.’
   • ‘With the collapse in world equity markets and the fall in house prices, capital gains and inheritance tax receipts will continue to fall for the foreseeable future.’
   • ‘Our income tax receipts currently account for 8 per cent of GDP approximately.’
   • ‘Income tax receipts have soared by 19 per cent in the last year and the economy is all but back to full employment.’
   • ‘The huge receipts from capital gains tax in the late 1990s are gone.’
   • ‘The long-term funding gap facing Social Security is large because promised benefits exceed payroll tax receipts by trillions of dollars.’
   • ‘That surplus is being unexpectedly whittled away as the income tax cut and the economic slowdown lower federal tax receipts.’
   • ‘Income tax receipts are 1.8% ahead of the same period last year, compared with a Budget target of 8.4%.’
   • ‘Income tax receipts were down 3.1% in the January-February period compared with the same period last year.’
   • ‘Income tax receipts are up 10.1 per cent and corporation tax receipts are up 13.1 per cent.’
   • ‘Some small businesses with gross receipts up to $10 million can now use the cash method of accounting.’
   • ‘Unlike the financing of payments from export and income receipts, reliance on borrowed funds may not be sustainable.’
   • ‘In the balance of payments the money flowing in comes from export receipts and from capital imports (like receiving foreign loans and foreign direct investment).’
   • ‘While Asian firms make up 30 percent of all minority companies, they account for 52 percent of all receipts from minority businesses.’
   • ‘A solicitor does not have to disclose a client's entire file to the accountant - only correspondence covering payments and receipts.’
   • ‘Industry newspaper Variety estimates that around 65 per cent of total box office receipts for Hollywood films come from overseas.’
   • ‘And consider this, videogame sales for 1998 were nearly triple the total box office receipts for Hollywood films.’
   • ‘A capacity 14,500 crowd will produce gate receipts of £400,000.’
   • ‘More revenue had to be raised from customs as receipts from land sales tapered off.’
   Synonyms

   proceeds, takings, money received, payment received, income, revenue, earnings, turnover

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3. 1.3receiptsUS informal Proof or evidence of something.
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   • ‘she had the receipts, and showed Rachel texts he had sent her’

2 archaic A recipe.

Mark (a bill) as paid.