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. Cross receipts. See under Gross, a.
RECEIPT
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.