\Re*ceipt"\, 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.
{Cross 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.