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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

gift receipt

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.86 in modern English

Syllables
gift re-ceipt
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A record of a purchase, similar to a receipt but lacking indication of price.

Etymology

This is similar to a receipt (produced by a store and presented to a purchaser as proof of purchase) but meant to passed to the purchased item's later, third-party recipient: that way, the recipient can return the gift to the store as needed, but does not immediately know the price that the purchaser paid.

Inflected Forms

gift receipts (plural)

Questions

What does gift receipt mean?
A record of a purchase, similar to a receipt but lacking indication of price.
Where does gift receipt come from?
This is similar to a receipt (produced by a store and presented to a purchaser as proof of purchase) but meant to passed to the purchased item's later, third-party recipient: that way, the recipient can return the gift to the store as needed, but does not immediately know the price that the purchaser paid.

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