Receipt :: Receipt (n.) Hence, a recess; a retired place..
Receipt :: Receipt (n.) A formulary according to the directions of which things are to be taken or combined; a recipe; as, a receipt for making sponge cake..
Receipt :: Receipt (n.) A writing acknowledging the taking or receiving of goods delivered; an acknowledgment of money paid.
Receipt :: Receipt (n.) 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..
Receipt :: Receipt (v. t.) To give a receipt for; as, to receipt goods delivered by a sheriff..
Receipt :: Receipt (v. t.) To put a receipt on, as by writing or stamping; as, to receipt a bill..
Receipt :: Receipt (v. i.) To give a receipt, as for money paid..
Receivability :: Receivability (n.) The quality of being receivable; receivableness.
Receivable :: Receivable (a.) Capable of being received.
Receive :: Receive (v. t.) To take, as something that is offered, given, committed, sent, paid, or the like; to accept; as, to receive money offered in payment of a debt; to receive a gift, a message, or a letter..
Receive :: Receive (v. t.) Hence: To gain the knowledge of; to take into the mind by assent to; to give admission to; to accept, as an opinion, notion, etc.; to embrace..
Receive :: Receive (v. t.) To allow, as a custom, tradition, or the like; to give credence or acceptance to..
Receive :: Receive (v. t.) To give admittance to; to permit to enter, as into one's house, presence, company, and the like; as, to receive a lodger, visitor, ambassador, messenger, etc..
Receive :: Receive (v. t.) To admit; to take in; to hold; to contain; to have capacity for; to be able to take in.
Receive :: Receive (v. t.) To be affected by something; to suffer; to be subjected to; as, to receive pleasure or pain; to receive a wound or a blow; to receive damage..
Receive :: Receive (v. t.) To take from a thief, as goods known to be stolen..
Receive :: Receive (v. t.) To bat back (the ball) when served.
Receive :: Receive (v. i.) To receive visitors; to be at home to receive calls; as, she receives on Tuesdays..
Receive :: Receive (v. i.) To return, or bat back, the ball when served; as, it is your turn to receive..