- receipt
- a written acknowledgement of having received money or goods specified————Also statement Euroclear Clearing and Settlement glossaryA detailed summary of an account. Euroclear Clearing and Settlement glossarySee deposit receipt, withdrawal receipt. Euroclear Clearing and Settlement glossary
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1. [uncountable] the act of receiving something:• The money has to be re-invested within 60 days of receipt, otherwise it will be taxed.
receipt of• The customer acknowledged receipt of a shipment.
• a list of those in receipt of (= receiving ) unemployment benefits
2. [countable] COMMERCE a written statement showing that you have received money, goods, or services:• Keep all your receipts for work-related expenses.
• a credit card receipt
a document sent to a customer who is owed money, for example because they have returned goods; = credit note Breˈdebit reˌceipt [countable] FINANCEa written record showing that a customer owes money, for example because the invoice was not correct; = debit note Bredeˈlivery ˌreceipt1. [countable] COMMERCE a document that has been signed by the person receiving goods to show that they have been delivered2. [countable] a document sent by the post office, telling someone who has sent a letter by recorded delivery that it has been delivered; = DELIVERY CONFIRMATION; , advice of delivery Amea document showing an amount of money that has been put into a bank accounta document giving details of goods left at a port for loadinga document given to a bank by an importer who has accepted a delivery of goods, but who cannot pay for them until they are sold. The bank pays for the goods and, by giving the bank a trust receipt, the importer promises to pay it back when it has sold the goodsˈwarehouse reˌceipt [countable] COMMERCEa list of all the goods that are stored in a warehouse. The list can be sold to someone, who then legally owns all the items on it:• The company was prosecuted after it issued warehouse receipts for tanks of oil that turned out to be mostly water.
• Export receipts in January totalled £626 million.
the profit from a deal, activity etc before costs such as tax are taken away:• The actor is said to be receiving $7 million, plus as much as 25% of gross receipts from the film.
the profit from a deal, activity etc after taking away certain costs such as tax:• Each company will share equally in net receipts from the new TV shows.
[m0] ▪ II. receipt receipt 2 verb [transitive]to write `paid' and the date on a bill or invoice and sign it:• One copy is receipted and returned to you.
• a receipted hotel bill
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receipt UK US /rɪˈsiːt/ noun► [C] (US sales slip, sales check) COMMERCE a piece of paper that shows the price of something that you have bought and proves that you have paid for it: »Can I have a receipt?
get/keep/retain a receipt »Always get a receipt when you withdraw cash from a machine.
»a credit card receipt
► [U] the act of receiving something: »I acknowledge receipt of the sum of £10,000.
»Land stock of low initial cost may rise a hundredfold in value upon receipt of planning approval.
»We will send an acknowledgement within two working days of receipt.
→ See also CREDIT RECEIPT(Cf. ↑credit receipt), DELIVERY RECEIPT(Cf. ↑delivery receipt), DEPOSIT RECEIPT(Cf. ↑deposit receipt), DEPOSITORY RECEIPT(Cf. ↑depository receipt), DOCK RECEIPT(Cf. ↑dock receipt), GROSS RECEIPTS(Cf. ↑gross receipts), NET RECEIPTS(Cf. ↑net receipts), TRUST RECEIPT(Cf. ↑trust receipt), WAREHOUSE RECEIPT(Cf. ↑warehouse receipt)
Financial and business terms. 2012.
