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.