| • | The act of receiving; reception. |
| • | Reception, as an act of hospitality. |
| • | Capability of receiving; capacity. |
| • | Place of receiving. |
| • | Hence, a recess; a retired place. |
| • | A formulary according to the directions of which things are to be taken or combined; a recipe; as, a receipt for making sponge cake. |
| • | A writing acknowledging the taking or receiving of goods delivered; an acknowledgment of money paid. |
| • | 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. |
| • | To give a receipt for; as, to receipt goods delivered by a sheriff. |
| • | To put a receipt on, as by writing or stamping; as, to receipt a bill. |
| • | To give a receipt, as for money paid. |
