Re‐ceipt″ (rē̍‐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.
Thy kind receipt of me. Chapman.
3. Capability of receiving; capacity.
It has become a place of great receipt. Evelyn.
4. Place of receiving.
He saw a man, named Matthew, sitting at the receipt of custom. Matt. ix. 9.
5. Hence, a recess; a retired place. “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.