receipt

n. [ OE. receite, OF. recete, recepte, F. recette, fr. L. recipere, receptum, to receive. See Receive. ] 1. The act of receiving; reception. “At the receipt of your letter.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Reception, as an act of hospitality. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Thy kind receipt of me. Chapman. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Capability of receiving; capacity. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

It has become a place of great receipt. Evelyn. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Place of receiving. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

He saw a man, named Matthew, sitting at the receipt of custom. Matt. ix. 9. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. Hence, a recess; a retired place. [ Obs. ] “In a retired receipt together lay.” Chapman. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

She had a receipt to make white hair black. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

7. A writing acknowledging the taking or receiving of goods delivered; an acknowledgment of money paid. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

Gross receipts. See under Gross, a. [ 1913 Webster ]