RECEIPT

Definitions

1. 1. The act of receiving; reception. "At the receipt of your letter." Shak.
2. 2. Reception, as an act of hospitality. [Obs.] Thy kind receipt of me. Chapman.
3. 3. Capability of receiving; capacity. [Obs.] It has become a place of great receipt. Evelyn.
4. 4. Place of receiving. [Obs.] He saw a man, named Matthew, sitting at the receipt of custom. Matt. ix. 9.
5. 5. Hence, a recess; a retired place. [Obs.] "In a retired receipt together lay." Chapman.
6. 6. A formulary according to the directions of which things are to be taken or combined; a recipe; as, a receipt for making sponge cake. She had a receipt to make white hair black. Sir T. Browne.
7. 7. A writing acknowledging the taking or receiving of goods delivered; an acknowledgment of money paid.
8. 8. 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. Cross receipts. See under Gross, a.