receipt

  1. Noun.  The act of receiving, or the fact of having been received.
  2. Noun.  (obsolete) The fact of having received a blow, injury etc.
  3. Noun.  (in the plural) A quantity or amount received; takings.
  4. Noun.  A written acknowledgment that a specified article or sum of money has been received.
  5. Noun.  A recipe, instructions, prescription.
  6. Noun.  (obsolete) A receptacle.
  7. Noun.  (obsolete) A revenue office.
  8. Verb.  To give or write a receipt (for something).
  9. Verb.  To mark a bill as having been paid.

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