receiptnoun
uk/rɪˈsiːt/us/rɪˈsiːt/receipt noun (PIECE OF PAPER)
A2 [ C ] US also sales slip a piece of paper that proves that money, goods, or information have been received:
Make sure you are given a receipt for everything you buy.
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- Keep your receipt as proof of purchase.
- Here's your receipt, dear.
- I'd thrown the receipt away.
- If you've got your receipt you can usually exchange the goods.
- Shall I put your receipt in the bag?
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Bills & invoices
- bill
- billing
- charge
- chit
- claim form
- counterfoil
- credit note
- order
- passbook
- payslip
- pro forma
- sales slip
- stamp
- tab
- tariff
- ticket
- ticketless
- tolled
- Treasury bond
- voucher
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receipt noun (RECEIVING)
B2 [ U ] formal the act or state of receiving money or goods:
Goods will be delivered on receipt of payment (= after the money is received).
You have been in receipt of unemployment benefit for two months.
receipts [ plural ]
the amounts of money received during a particular period by a business:
The theatre's receipts for the winter were badly down.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Getting, receiving and accepting
- acquihire
- acquire
- acquisition
- awardee
- carve
- draw
- fill
- get sth out of sth
- glom onto sth/sb
- go to sb
- grasp
- obtain
- pick
- score
- secure
- snatch
- snatch at sth
- target
- wangle
- wrest
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Profits & losses