Definition of receipt in English:

receipt

noun rɪˈsiːtrəˈsit

1mass noun The action of receiving something or the fact of its being received.
I would be grateful if you would acknowledge receipt of this letter
families in receipt of supplementary benefit
Example sentencesExamples
- Grants to improve heating and insulation of property are available to pensioners in receipt of pension credit or attendance allowance and anyone receiving a disability living allowance.
- I acknowledge receipt of your letter dated 29th May 2003 and comment as follows.
- My decision with respect to costs shall be reserved pending receipt of written submissions from the parties.
- The result is that the total number in receipt of the benefit has risen.
- The fact that the employee is dismissed while in receipt of his contractual sick pay does not make the termination automatically unfair.
- We acknowledge receipt of your letter of 7th February and reply as follows.
- The closing date for receipt of entries will be Friday December 6, 2002.
- At present there are about 271 members contributing to the scheme, with approximately 1,100 in receipt of a pension.
- He has not yet even had the courtesy to acknowledge receipt of my letter.
- Elderly people in receipt of a mobility allowance are being seriously disadvantaged when they reach the age of 65 years, it has emerged this week.
- Those in receipt of social welfare are eligible.
- As a councillor, I have been in receipt of hundreds of letters from the local community expressing their concerns at the condition of our roads.
- After receipt of the equalization payment she will not have a need for support.
- The closing date for receipt of applications is Tuesday, August 5 at 5pm.
- Closing date for receipt of completed applications is Friday, November at 12 noon.
- Talk of a large population of children growing up in welfare dependent homes can be misleading if it ignores the fact that most families in receipt of a benefit do not remain on that benefit for extended periods.
- More than 50,000 low-income households are in receipt of such financial support, funded by the Department of Social and Family Affairs.
- Employers must retain records in respect of each employee in receipt of taxable benefits.
- Upon receipt of your instructions we will write to the debtor demanding payment of the outstanding sums.
- The number of people of employable age in receipt of incapacity benefit for longer than six months has quadrupled - from half a million in 1981 to two million in 2002.
Synonyms
receiving, reception, getting, obtaining, gaining
acceptance
arrival, delivery
rare recipience
1. 1.1count noun A written or printed statement acknowledging that something has been paid for or that goods have been received.
  always make sure you get a receipt
  Example sentencesExamples
  These records are equivalent to the till receipts you are given when shopping in the physical world.
  Then something like a receipt or a statement came out of the machine and she took ages reading it before reinserting her card and doing the same again.
  Sometimes I think I'm broke and then I'll find a €50 note nestling between a taxi receipt and an ATM statement.
  Therefore, if you paid cash, a receipt may be the only proof you have.
  Still another computer scans the debit card information, tells the cashier's computer that the transaction is complete, and prints a receipt.
  Watch out for errors on your accounts by keeping good records: hang on to all your receipts and ATM slips and check every statement carefully.
  All collectors will carry appropriate identification and official receipts will be provided.
  Shredding your statements and receipts is also a good way to protect yourself from ‘bin raiders’, who piece together personal financial information from your rubbish.
  Having a set place to put your monthly bank statements, receipts, and bills can make the difference between chaos and order.
  To his surprise, the agent wrote him a receipt for the cash and stamped it.
  Check your statements against your receipts and contact your bank or credit card company immediately if you spot anything unfamiliar.
  He just gives you a small receipt printed out by computer.
  Customers then place their order, print off a receipt and return home.
  Shred or rip up all financial documents (including all receipts, statements, bills and junk mail) before disposal.
  A single mother from Stratton is warning people to check their receipts and bank statements after she was charged twice for the same items.
  You will receive a receipt and acknowledgement by return.
  Save your receipts and each evening write down your expenses for the day.
  Then there's his gripe about having to pay a €125 deposit for his broadband service and not receiving a receipt to acknowledge that he's coughed up.
  Get in the habit of regularly shredding statements, receipts, credit card applications, and other material with personal identification information.
  Check your receipts against your statements carefully.
  In some parts of the country, criminal gangs will pay homeless people to rummage though dustbins for receipts and bank statements.
  Synonyms
  proof of purchase, sales slip, sales ticket, till receipt
  stub, counterfoil, voucher, slip, docket
  Law, dated acquittance
2. 1.2receipts An amount of money received during a particular period by an organization or business.
  box office receipts
  Example sentencesExamples
  And consider this, videogame sales for 1998 were nearly triple the total box office receipts for Hollywood films.
  Our income tax receipts currently account for 8 per cent of GDP approximately.
  That surplus is being unexpectedly whittled away as the income tax cut and the economic slowdown lower federal tax receipts.
  A capacity 14,500 crowd will produce gate receipts of £400,000.
  Income tax receipts are 1.8% ahead of the same period last year, compared with a Budget target of 8.4%.
  The huge receipts from capital gains tax in the late 1990s are gone.
  Industry newspaper Variety estimates that around 65 per cent of total box office receipts for Hollywood films come from overseas.
  While Asian firms make up 30 percent of all minority companies, they account for 52 percent of all receipts from minority businesses.
  Some small businesses with gross receipts up to $10 million can now use the cash method of accounting.
  Some market analysts argue that income tax receipts - where the greatest fall has occurred - have been distorted due to the change in the fiscal year.
  Income tax receipts are up 10.1 per cent and corporation tax receipts are up 13.1 per cent.
  Income tax receipts were down 3.1% in the January-February period compared with the same period last year.
  A growing number of states are in deficit as declining business profits reduce tax receipts and other revenues.
  Income tax receipts have soared by 19 per cent in the last year and the economy is all but back to full employment.
  Income tax receipts also include money netted by the Revenue Commissioners from its special investigations into tax evasion.
  In the balance of payments the money flowing in comes from export receipts and from capital imports (like receiving foreign loans and foreign direct investment).
  Unlike the financing of payments from export and income receipts, reliance on borrowed funds may not be sustainable.
  The long-term funding gap facing Social Security is large because promised benefits exceed payroll tax receipts by trillions of dollars.
  With the collapse in world equity markets and the fall in house prices, capital gains and inheritance tax receipts will continue to fall for the foreseeable future.
  A solicitor does not have to disclose a client's entire file to the accountant - only correspondence covering payments and receipts.
  More revenue had to be raised from customs as receipts from land sales tapered off.
  According to Professor Spencer, a drop-off in income tax receipts has been the result of the collapse in the technology sector, and the fading fortunes of wealthy financial workers.
  Synonyms
  proceeds, takings, money/payment received, income, revenue, earnings, turnover
  gate
  profits, gains, financial return(s), return(s)
  North American take
2archaic A recipe.
she spent hours in the kitchen, trying all sorts of receipts
Example sentencesExamples
- The Ohio testers found that most of the receipts can be made easily with present-day ingredients, techniques, and equipment.
- Romans have always loved eating well (Apicio, who lived in the I century A.D. left a lot of cooking receipts) and today Roman dishes are considered Italian dishes.
Synonyms
cooking directions

verb rɪˈsiːtrəˈsit

[with object]usually as adjective receipted

Mark (a bill) as paid.
the receipted hotel bill
Example sentencesExamples
- Confirmation letters will be sent on receipt of booking and receipted invoices will be sent on receipt of payment, which must be made before the event.
- It is a receipted bill (dated 21 August 1817) from Bennets Hotel in Inverness.
- Only correctly receipted invoices will be acceptable in support of a claim for grant assistance.

Origin

Late Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French receite, from medieval Latin recepta 'received', feminine past participle of Latin recipere. The -p- was inserted in imitation of the Latin spelling.

Rhymes

accrete, autocomplete, beet, bittersweet, bleat, cheat, cleat, clubfeet, compete, compleat, complete, conceit, Crete, deceit, delete, deplete, discreet, discrete, eat, effete, élite, entreat, escheat, estreat, excrete, feat, feet, fleet, gîte, greet, heat, leat, leet, Magritte, maltreat, marguerite, meat, meet, meet-and-greet, mesquite, mete, mistreat, neat, outcompete, peat, Pete, petite, pleat, replete, sangeet, seat, secrete, sheet, skeet, sleet, splay-feet, street, suite, sweet, teat, treat, tweet, wheat

Definition of receipt in US English:

receipt

nounrəˈsētrəˈsit

1The action of receiving something or the fact of its being received.
I would be grateful if you would acknowledge receipt of this letter
this office is already in receipt of your midterm grades
Example sentencesExamples
- Upon receipt of your instructions we will write to the debtor demanding payment of the outstanding sums.
- The closing date for receipt of entries will be Friday December 6, 2002.
- The closing date for receipt of applications is Tuesday, August 5 at 5pm.
- Grants to improve heating and insulation of property are available to pensioners in receipt of pension credit or attendance allowance and anyone receiving a disability living allowance.
- Those in receipt of social welfare are eligible.
- Elderly people in receipt of a mobility allowance are being seriously disadvantaged when they reach the age of 65 years, it has emerged this week.
- My decision with respect to costs shall be reserved pending receipt of written submissions from the parties.
- The number of people of employable age in receipt of incapacity benefit for longer than six months has quadrupled - from half a million in 1981 to two million in 2002.
- Employers must retain records in respect of each employee in receipt of taxable benefits.
- Closing date for receipt of completed applications is Friday, November at 12 noon.
- We acknowledge receipt of your letter of 7th February and reply as follows.
- I acknowledge receipt of your letter dated 29th May 2003 and comment as follows.
- The fact that the employee is dismissed while in receipt of his contractual sick pay does not make the termination automatically unfair.
- More than 50,000 low-income households are in receipt of such financial support, funded by the Department of Social and Family Affairs.
- Talk of a large population of children growing up in welfare dependent homes can be misleading if it ignores the fact that most families in receipt of a benefit do not remain on that benefit for extended periods.
- As a councillor, I have been in receipt of hundreds of letters from the local community expressing their concerns at the condition of our roads.
- At present there are about 271 members contributing to the scheme, with approximately 1,100 in receipt of a pension.
- He has not yet even had the courtesy to acknowledge receipt of my letter.
- After receipt of the equalization payment she will not have a need for support.
- The result is that the total number in receipt of the benefit has risen.
Synonyms
receiving, reception, getting, obtaining, gaining
1. 1.1 A written or printed statement acknowledging that something has been paid for or that goods have been received.
  Example sentencesExamples
  Then there's his gripe about having to pay a €125 deposit for his broadband service and not receiving a receipt to acknowledge that he's coughed up.
  You will receive a receipt and acknowledgement by return.
  A single mother from Stratton is warning people to check their receipts and bank statements after she was charged twice for the same items.
  Having a set place to put your monthly bank statements, receipts, and bills can make the difference between chaos and order.
  Still another computer scans the debit card information, tells the cashier's computer that the transaction is complete, and prints a receipt.
  Sometimes I think I'm broke and then I'll find a €50 note nestling between a taxi receipt and an ATM statement.
  Watch out for errors on your accounts by keeping good records: hang on to all your receipts and ATM slips and check every statement carefully.
  To his surprise, the agent wrote him a receipt for the cash and stamped it.
  Then something like a receipt or a statement came out of the machine and she took ages reading it before reinserting her card and doing the same again.
  These records are equivalent to the till receipts you are given when shopping in the physical world.
  Get in the habit of regularly shredding statements, receipts, credit card applications, and other material with personal identification information.
  Check your receipts against your statements carefully.
  Therefore, if you paid cash, a receipt may be the only proof you have.
  Save your receipts and each evening write down your expenses for the day.
  Check your statements against your receipts and contact your bank or credit card company immediately if you spot anything unfamiliar.
  Shredding your statements and receipts is also a good way to protect yourself from ‘bin raiders’, who piece together personal financial information from your rubbish.
  Customers then place their order, print off a receipt and return home.
  All collectors will carry appropriate identification and official receipts will be provided.
  He just gives you a small receipt printed out by computer.
  In some parts of the country, criminal gangs will pay homeless people to rummage though dustbins for receipts and bank statements.
  Shred or rip up all financial documents (including all receipts, statements, bills and junk mail) before disposal.
  Synonyms
  proof of purchase, sales slip, sales ticket, till receipt
2. 1.2receipts An amount of money received during a particular period by an organization or business.
  box-office receipts
  Example sentencesExamples
  A growing number of states are in deficit as declining business profits reduce tax receipts and other revenues.
  With the collapse in world equity markets and the fall in house prices, capital gains and inheritance tax receipts will continue to fall for the foreseeable future.
  Income tax receipts also include money netted by the Revenue Commissioners from its special investigations into tax evasion.
  According to Professor Spencer, a drop-off in income tax receipts has been the result of the collapse in the technology sector, and the fading fortunes of wealthy financial workers.
  The huge receipts from capital gains tax in the late 1990s are gone.
  Income tax receipts are up 10.1 per cent and corporation tax receipts are up 13.1 per cent.
  And consider this, videogame sales for 1998 were nearly triple the total box office receipts for Hollywood films.
  Income tax receipts have soared by 19 per cent in the last year and the economy is all but back to full employment.
  More revenue had to be raised from customs as receipts from land sales tapered off.
  Some small businesses with gross receipts up to $10 million can now use the cash method of accounting.
  While Asian firms make up 30 percent of all minority companies, they account for 52 percent of all receipts from minority businesses.
  In the balance of payments the money flowing in comes from export receipts and from capital imports (like receiving foreign loans and foreign direct investment).
  Industry newspaper Variety estimates that around 65 per cent of total box office receipts for Hollywood films come from overseas.
  Income tax receipts were down 3.1% in the January-February period compared with the same period last year.
  Our income tax receipts currently account for 8 per cent of GDP approximately.
  The long-term funding gap facing Social Security is large because promised benefits exceed payroll tax receipts by trillions of dollars.
  Some market analysts argue that income tax receipts - where the greatest fall has occurred - have been distorted due to the change in the fiscal year.
  A capacity 14,500 crowd will produce gate receipts of £400,000.
  Unlike the financing of payments from export and income receipts, reliance on borrowed funds may not be sustainable.
  Income tax receipts are 1.8% ahead of the same period last year, compared with a Budget target of 8.4%.
  That surplus is being unexpectedly whittled away as the income tax cut and the economic slowdown lower federal tax receipts.
  A solicitor does not have to disclose a client's entire file to the accountant - only correspondence covering payments and receipts.
  Synonyms
  proceeds, takings, money received, payment received, income, revenue, earnings, turnover
2archaic A recipe.
Example sentencesExamples
- Romans have always loved eating well (Apicio, who lived in the I century A.D. left a lot of cooking receipts) and today Roman dishes are considered Italian dishes.
- The Ohio testers found that most of the receipts can be made easily with present-day ingredients, techniques, and equipment.
Synonyms
cooking directions

verbrəˈsētrəˈsit

[with object]usually as adjective receipted

1Mark (a bill) as paid.
the receipted hotel bill
Example sentencesExamples
- It is a receipted bill (dated 21 August 1817) from Bennets Hotel in Inverness.
- Confirmation letters will be sent on receipt of booking and receipted invoices will be sent on receipt of payment, which must be made before the event.
- Only correctly receipted invoices will be acceptable in support of a claim for grant assistance.
1. 1.1 Write a receipt for (goods or money)
  all fish shall be receipted at time of purchase
  Example sentencesExamples
  Balinese ‘traditional’ law then applies: you must reimburse the receipted medical costs of the injured person and are expected to show care, for example, by visiting them in hospital.
  Of course, records of spending are all receipted, and no one was accusing him of cooking the books.
  All donations will be receipted where names are provided.
  Photographs will be receipted, copied and then returned to the owners.
  Trade union leaders want some form of tax credit for receipted outlays, a move calculated to inflame feeling among stay-at-home parents who have already been hit by tax individualisation.
  He added that he thought Brown was acting on behalf of the Royal Family and it was an officially recorded and receipted sale.
  The option of providing tax relief for receipted outlays on childcare is also being examined by a cabinet subcommittee.
  Quote Ref MSC350 on all donations which will be receipted and acknowledged.

Origin

Late Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French receite, from medieval Latin recepta ‘received’, feminine past participle of Latin recipere. The -p- was inserted in imitation of the Latin spelling.

单词	receipt
释义	Definition of receipt in English: receipt noun rɪˈsiːtrəˈsit 1mass noun The action of receiving something or the fact of its being received. I would be grateful if you would acknowledge receipt of this letter families in receipt of supplementary benefit Example sentencesExamples Grants to improve heating and insulation of property are available to pensioners in receipt of pension credit or attendance allowance and anyone receiving a disability living allowance. I acknowledge receipt of your letter dated 29th May 2003 and comment as follows. My decision with respect to costs shall be reserved pending receipt of written submissions from the parties. The result is that the total number in receipt of the benefit has risen. The fact that the employee is dismissed while in receipt of his contractual sick pay does not make the termination automatically unfair. We acknowledge receipt of your letter of 7th February and reply as follows. The closing date for receipt of entries will be Friday December 6, 2002. At present there are about 271 members contributing to the scheme, with approximately 1,100 in receipt of a pension. He has not yet even had the courtesy to acknowledge receipt of my letter. Elderly people in receipt of a mobility allowance are being seriously disadvantaged when they reach the age of 65 years, it has emerged this week. Those in receipt of social welfare are eligible. As a councillor, I have been in receipt of hundreds of letters from the local community expressing their concerns at the condition of our roads. After receipt of the equalization payment she will not have a need for support. The closing date for receipt of applications is Tuesday, August 5 at 5pm. Closing date for receipt of completed applications is Friday, November at 12 noon. Talk of a large population of children growing up in welfare dependent homes can be misleading if it ignores the fact that most families in receipt of a benefit do not remain on that benefit for extended periods. More than 50,000 low-income households are in receipt of such financial support, funded by the Department of Social and Family Affairs. Employers must retain records in respect of each employee in receipt of taxable benefits. Upon receipt of your instructions we will write to the debtor demanding payment of the outstanding sums. The number of people of employable age in receipt of incapacity benefit for longer than six months has quadrupled - from half a million in 1981 to two million in 2002. Synonyms receiving, reception, getting, obtaining, gaining acceptance arrival, delivery rare recipience 1.1count noun A written or printed statement acknowledging that something has been paid for or that goods have been received. always make sure you get a receipt Example sentencesExamples These records are equivalent to the till receipts you are given when shopping in the physical world. Then something like a receipt or a statement came out of the machine and she took ages reading it before reinserting her card and doing the same again. Sometimes I think I'm broke and then I'll find a €50 note nestling between a taxi receipt and an ATM statement. Therefore, if you paid cash, a receipt may be the only proof you have. Still another computer scans the debit card information, tells the cashier's computer that the transaction is complete, and prints a receipt. Watch out for errors on your accounts by keeping good records: hang on to all your receipts and ATM slips and check every statement carefully. All collectors will carry appropriate identification and official receipts will be provided. Shredding your statements and receipts is also a good way to protect yourself from ‘bin raiders’, who piece together personal financial information from your rubbish. Having a set place to put your monthly bank statements, receipts, and bills can make the difference between chaos and order. To his surprise, the agent wrote him a receipt for the cash and stamped it. Check your statements against your receipts and contact your bank or credit card company immediately if you spot anything unfamiliar. He just gives you a small receipt printed out by computer. Customers then place their order, print off a receipt and return home. Shred or rip up all financial documents (including all receipts, statements, bills and junk mail) before disposal. A single mother from Stratton is warning people to check their receipts and bank statements after she was charged twice for the same items. You will receive a receipt and acknowledgement by return. Save your receipts and each evening write down your expenses for the day. Then there's his gripe about having to pay a €125 deposit for his broadband service and not receiving a receipt to acknowledge that he's coughed up. Get in the habit of regularly shredding statements, receipts, credit card applications, and other material with personal identification information. Check your receipts against your statements carefully. In some parts of the country, criminal gangs will pay homeless people to rummage though dustbins for receipts and bank statements. Synonyms proof of purchase, sales slip, sales ticket, till receipt stub, counterfoil, voucher, slip, docket Law, dated acquittance 1.2receipts An amount of money received during a particular period by an organization or business. box office receipts Example sentencesExamples And consider this, videogame sales for 1998 were nearly triple the total box office receipts for Hollywood films. Our income tax receipts currently account for 8 per cent of GDP approximately. That surplus is being unexpectedly whittled away as the income tax cut and the economic slowdown lower federal tax receipts. A capacity 14,500 crowd will produce gate receipts of £400,000. Income tax receipts are 1.8% ahead of the same period last year, compared with a Budget target of 8.4%. The huge receipts from capital gains tax in the late 1990s are gone. Industry newspaper Variety estimates that around 65 per cent of total box office receipts for Hollywood films come from overseas. While Asian firms make up 30 percent of all minority companies, they account for 52 percent of all receipts from minority businesses. Some small businesses with gross receipts up to $10 million can now use the cash method of accounting. Some market analysts argue that income tax receipts - where the greatest fall has occurred - have been distorted due to the change in the fiscal year. Income tax receipts are up 10.1 per cent and corporation tax receipts are up 13.1 per cent. Income tax receipts were down 3.1% in the January-February period compared with the same period last year. A growing number of states are in deficit as declining business profits reduce tax receipts and other revenues. Income tax receipts have soared by 19 per cent in the last year and the economy is all but back to full employment. Income tax receipts also include money netted by the Revenue Commissioners from its special investigations into tax evasion. In the balance of payments the money flowing in comes from export receipts and from capital imports (like receiving foreign loans and foreign direct investment). Unlike the financing of payments from export and income receipts, reliance on borrowed funds may not be sustainable. The long-term funding gap facing Social Security is large because promised benefits exceed payroll tax receipts by trillions of dollars. With the collapse in world equity markets and the fall in house prices, capital gains and inheritance tax receipts will continue to fall for the foreseeable future. A solicitor does not have to disclose a client's entire file to the accountant - only correspondence covering payments and receipts. More revenue had to be raised from customs as receipts from land sales tapered off. According to Professor Spencer, a drop-off in income tax receipts has been the result of the collapse in the technology sector, and the fading fortunes of wealthy financial workers. Synonyms proceeds, takings, money/payment received, income, revenue, earnings, turnover gate profits, gains, financial return(s), return(s) North American take 2archaic A recipe. she spent hours in the kitchen, trying all sorts of receipts Example sentencesExamples The Ohio testers found that most of the receipts can be made easily with present-day ingredients, techniques, and equipment. Romans have always loved eating well (Apicio, who lived in the I century A.D. left a lot of cooking receipts) and today Roman dishes are considered Italian dishes. Synonyms cooking directions verb rɪˈsiːtrəˈsit [with object]usually as adjective receipted Mark (a bill) as paid. the receipted hotel bill Example sentencesExamples Confirmation letters will be sent on receipt of booking and receipted invoices will be sent on receipt of payment, which must be made before the event. It is a receipted bill (dated 21 August 1817) from Bennets Hotel in Inverness. Only correctly receipted invoices will be acceptable in support of a claim for grant assistance. Origin Late Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French receite, from medieval Latin recepta 'received', feminine past participle of Latin recipere. The -p- was inserted in imitation of the Latin spelling. Rhymes accrete, autocomplete, beet, bittersweet, bleat, cheat, cleat, clubfeet, compete, compleat, complete, conceit, Crete, deceit, delete, deplete, discreet, discrete, eat, effete, élite, entreat, escheat, estreat, excrete, feat, feet, fleet, gîte, greet, heat, leat, leet, Magritte, maltreat, marguerite, meat, meet, meet-and-greet, mesquite, mete, mistreat, neat, outcompete, peat, Pete, petite, pleat, replete, sangeet, seat, secrete, sheet, skeet, sleet, splay-feet, street, suite, sweet, teat, treat, tweet, wheat Definition of receipt in US English: receipt nounrəˈsētrəˈsit 1The action of receiving something or the fact of its being received. I would be grateful if you would acknowledge receipt of this letter this office is already in receipt of your midterm grades Example sentencesExamples Upon receipt of your instructions we will write to the debtor demanding payment of the outstanding sums. The closing date for receipt of entries will be Friday December 6, 2002. The closing date for receipt of applications is Tuesday, August 5 at 5pm. Grants to improve heating and insulation of property are available to pensioners in receipt of pension credit or attendance allowance and anyone receiving a disability living allowance. Those in receipt of social welfare are eligible. Elderly people in receipt of a mobility allowance are being seriously disadvantaged when they reach the age of 65 years, it has emerged this week. My decision with respect to costs shall be reserved pending receipt of written submissions from the parties. The number of people of employable age in receipt of incapacity benefit for longer than six months has quadrupled - from half a million in 1981 to two million in 2002. Employers must retain records in respect of each employee in receipt of taxable benefits. Closing date for receipt of completed applications is Friday, November at 12 noon. We acknowledge receipt of your letter of 7th February and reply as follows. I acknowledge receipt of your letter dated 29th May 2003 and comment as follows. The fact that the employee is dismissed while in receipt of his contractual sick pay does not make the termination automatically unfair. More than 50,000 low-income households are in receipt of such financial support, funded by the Department of Social and Family Affairs. Talk of a large population of children growing up in welfare dependent homes can be misleading if it ignores the fact that most families in receipt of a benefit do not remain on that benefit for extended periods. As a councillor, I have been in receipt of hundreds of letters from the local community expressing their concerns at the condition of our roads. At present there are about 271 members contributing to the scheme, with approximately 1,100 in receipt of a pension. He has not yet even had the courtesy to acknowledge receipt of my letter. After receipt of the equalization payment she will not have a need for support. The result is that the total number in receipt of the benefit has risen. Synonyms receiving, reception, getting, obtaining, gaining 1.1 A written or printed statement acknowledging that something has been paid for or that goods have been received. Example sentencesExamples Then there's his gripe about having to pay a €125 deposit for his broadband service and not receiving a receipt to acknowledge that he's coughed up. You will receive a receipt and acknowledgement by return. A single mother from Stratton is warning people to check their receipts and bank statements after she was charged twice for the same items. Having a set place to put your monthly bank statements, receipts, and bills can make the difference between chaos and order. Still another computer scans the debit card information, tells the cashier's computer that the transaction is complete, and prints a receipt. Sometimes I think I'm broke and then I'll find a €50 note nestling between a taxi receipt and an ATM statement. Watch out for errors on your accounts by keeping good records: hang on to all your receipts and ATM slips and check every statement carefully. To his surprise, the agent wrote him a receipt for the cash and stamped it. Then something like a receipt or a statement came out of the machine and she took ages reading it before reinserting her card and doing the same again. These records are equivalent to the till receipts you are given when shopping in the physical world. Get in the habit of regularly shredding statements, receipts, credit card applications, and other material with personal identification information. Check your receipts against your statements carefully. Therefore, if you paid cash, a receipt may be the only proof you have. Save your receipts and each evening write down your expenses for the day. Check your statements against your receipts and contact your bank or credit card company immediately if you spot anything unfamiliar. Shredding your statements and receipts is also a good way to protect yourself from ‘bin raiders’, who piece together personal financial information from your rubbish. Customers then place their order, print off a receipt and return home. All collectors will carry appropriate identification and official receipts will be provided. He just gives you a small receipt printed out by computer. In some parts of the country, criminal gangs will pay homeless people to rummage though dustbins for receipts and bank statements. Shred or rip up all financial documents (including all receipts, statements, bills and junk mail) before disposal. Synonyms proof of purchase, sales slip, sales ticket, till receipt 1.2receipts An amount of money received during a particular period by an organization or business. box-office receipts Example sentencesExamples A growing number of states are in deficit as declining business profits reduce tax receipts and other revenues. With the collapse in world equity markets and the fall in house prices, capital gains and inheritance tax receipts will continue to fall for the foreseeable future. Income tax receipts also include money netted by the Revenue Commissioners from its special investigations into tax evasion. According to Professor Spencer, a drop-off in income tax receipts has been the result of the collapse in the technology sector, and the fading fortunes of wealthy financial workers. The huge receipts from capital gains tax in the late 1990s are gone. Income tax receipts are up 10.1 per cent and corporation tax receipts are up 13.1 per cent. And consider this, videogame sales for 1998 were nearly triple the total box office receipts for Hollywood films. Income tax receipts have soared by 19 per cent in the last year and the economy is all but back to full employment. More revenue had to be raised from customs as receipts from land sales tapered off. Some small businesses with gross receipts up to $10 million can now use the cash method of accounting. While Asian firms make up 30 percent of all minority companies, they account for 52 percent of all receipts from minority businesses. In the balance of payments the money flowing in comes from export receipts and from capital imports (like receiving foreign loans and foreign direct investment). Industry newspaper Variety estimates that around 65 per cent of total box office receipts for Hollywood films come from overseas. Income tax receipts were down 3.1% in the January-February period compared with the same period last year. Our income tax receipts currently account for 8 per cent of GDP approximately. The long-term funding gap facing Social Security is large because promised benefits exceed payroll tax receipts by trillions of dollars. Some market analysts argue that income tax receipts - where the greatest fall has occurred - have been distorted due to the change in the fiscal year. A capacity 14,500 crowd will produce gate receipts of £400,000. Unlike the financing of payments from export and income receipts, reliance on borrowed funds may not be sustainable. Income tax receipts are 1.8% ahead of the same period last year, compared with a Budget target of 8.4%. That surplus is being unexpectedly whittled away as the income tax cut and the economic slowdown lower federal tax receipts. A solicitor does not have to disclose a client's entire file to the accountant - only correspondence covering payments and receipts. Synonyms proceeds, takings, money received, payment received, income, revenue, earnings, turnover 2archaic A recipe. Example sentencesExamples Romans have always loved eating well (Apicio, who lived in the I century A.D. left a lot of cooking receipts) and today Roman dishes are considered Italian dishes. The Ohio testers found that most of the receipts can be made easily with present-day ingredients, techniques, and equipment. Synonyms cooking directions verbrəˈsētrəˈsit [with object]usually as adjective receipted 1Mark (a bill) as paid. the receipted hotel bill Example sentencesExamples It is a receipted bill (dated 21 August 1817) from Bennets Hotel in Inverness. Confirmation letters will be sent on receipt of booking and receipted invoices will be sent on receipt of payment, which must be made before the event. Only correctly receipted invoices will be acceptable in support of a claim for grant assistance. 1.1 Write a receipt for (goods or money) all fish shall be receipted at time of purchase Example sentencesExamples Balinese ‘traditional’ law then applies: you must reimburse the receipted medical costs of the injured person and are expected to show care, for example, by visiting them in hospital. Of course, records of spending are all receipted, and no one was accusing him of cooking the books. All donations will be receipted where names are provided. Photographs will be receipted, copied and then returned to the owners. Trade union leaders want some form of tax credit for receipted outlays, a move calculated to inflame feeling among stay-at-home parents who have already been hit by tax individualisation. He added that he thought Brown was acting on behalf of the Royal Family and it was an officially recorded and receipted sale. The option of providing tax relief for receipted outlays on childcare is also being examined by a cabinet subcommittee. Quote Ref MSC350 on all donations which will be receipted and acknowledged. Origin Late Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French receite, from medieval Latin recepta ‘received’, feminine past participle of Latin recipere. The -p- was inserted in imitation of the Latin spelling.
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