receipt
/ɹɪˈsit/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.92 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A written acknowledgment that a specified article or sum of money has been received.
Countable; Uncountable
noun
(A piece of) evidence, documentation, etc. to prove one's past actions, accomplishments, etc.
Countable; Uncountable
noun
(A piece of) evidence (e.g. documentation or screen captures) of past wrongdoing.
Countable; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "A balance payable on receipt of the goods."
- "Your Grace shall understand that at the receipt of your letter I am very sick"
- "And therewith Sir Launcelot gate all his armoure as well as he myght and put hit upon hym for drede of more resseite[…]."
- "This weekend's receipts alone cover our costs to mount the production!"
- "So, Andy, if you ask me nicely, I might produce a receipt that is my marriage certificate."
- ""Oh yes, the Internet trolls went there, and we've got the receipts"."
Etymology
From Middle English receyt, recorded since c. 1386 as "statement of ingredients in a potion or medicine," from Anglo-Norman or Old Northern French receite (“receipt, recipe”) (1304), altered (by influence of receit (“he receives”), from Latin recipit) from Old French recete, from Latin receptus, perfect passive participle of recipiō, itself from re- (“back”) + capiō (“to take”). The unpronounced p was later inserted to make the word appear closer to its Latin root. Doublet of recept and recipe. False cognate of Persian رسید (resid) (whence Urdu رسید (rasīd)).
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: *keh₂p-, receyt, -, receite, recete, receptus
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ɹɪˈsit/
- British English: /ɹɪˈsiːt/