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receipt

1. re.ceipt \ri-'se-t\ n [ME receite, fr. ONF, fr. ML recepta, prob. fr. L, 
   neut. pl. of ]receptus, pp. of recipere 1: RECIPE  obs  2a: RECEPTACLE  
   archaic  2b: a revenue office  3: the act or process of receiving  4: 
   something received - usu. used in pl.  5: a writing acknowledging the 
   receiving of goods or money 
2. receipt vt 1: to give a receipt for or acknowledge the receipt of  2: to 
   mark as paid