Receipt (r&euptack_;sēt), 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.
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2. Reception, as an act of hospitality. [Obs.]
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Thy kind receipt of me. Chapman.
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3. Capability of receiving; capacity. [Obs.]
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It has become a place of great receipt. Evelyn.
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4. Place of receiving. [Obs.]
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He saw a man, named Matthew, sitting at the receipt of custom. Matt. ix. 9.
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5. Hence, a recess; a retired place. [Obs.] “In a retired receipt together lay.” Chapman.
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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.
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She had a receipt to make white hair black. Sir T. Browne.
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7. A writing acknowledging the taking or receiving of goods delivered; an acknowledgment of money paid.
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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.
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Gross receipts. See under Gross, a.
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Receipt, v. i. To give a receipt, as for money paid.
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