Re*ceipt" (r&esl;*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.
2. Reception, as an act of hospitality.
[Obs.]
Thy kind receipt of me.
Chapman.
3. Capability of receiving; capacity.
[Obs.]
It has become a place of great
receipt.
Evelyn.
4. Place of receiving. [Obs.]
He saw a man, named Matthew, sitting at the
receipt of custom.
Matt. ix. 9.
5. Hence, a recess; a retired place.
[Obs.] "In a retired receipt together lay."
Chapman.
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.
She had a receipt to make white hair
black.
Sir T. Browne.
7. A writing acknowledging the taking or
receiving of goods delivered; an acknowledgment of money
paid.
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.
Gross receipts. See under Gross,
a.
Re*ceipt", v. t. [imp. & p.
p. Receipted; p. pr. & vb. n.
Receipting.] 1. To give a receipt for; as,
to receipt goods delivered by a sheriff.
2. To put a receipt on, as by writing or
stamping; as, to receipt a bill.
Re*ceipt", v. i. To give a receipt,
as for money paid.
