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   Receipt , n. [OE. receite, OF. recete, recepte, F. recette, fr. L. recipere, receptum, to receive. See Receive.]
   The act of receiving; reception. “At the receipt of your letter.”  
   Shak.
   
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   Reception, as an act of hospitality. [Obs.]
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   Thy kind receipt of me.
   Chapman.
   
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   Capability of receiving; capacity. [Obs.]
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   It has become a place of great receipt.
   Evelyn.
   
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   Place of receiving. [Obs.]
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   He saw a man, named Matthew, sitting at the receipt of custom.
   Matt. ix. 9.
   
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   Hence, a recess; a retired place. [Obs.] “In a retired receipt together lay.”  
   Chapman.
   
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   A formulary according to the directions of which things are to be taken or combined; a recipe; as, a receipt for making sponge cake.
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   She had a receipt to make white hair black.
   Sir T. Browne.
   
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   A writing acknowledging the taking or receiving of goods delivered; an acknowledgment of money paid.
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   That which is received; that which comes in, in distinction from what is expended, paid out, sent away, and the like; -- usually in the plural; as, the receipts amounted to a thousand dollars.
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   Gross receipts. See under Gross, a.
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   Receipt, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Receipted; p. pr. & vb. n. Receipting.]
   To give a receipt for; as, to receipt goods delivered by a sheriff.
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   To put a receipt on, as by writing or stamping; as, to receipt a bill.
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   Receipt, v. i. To give a receipt, as for money paid.
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