receipt

Definition

The act of receiving, or the fact of having been received.

Etymology

From Middle English receyt, recorded since c. 1386 as "statement of ingredients in a potion or medicine," from Anglo-Norman or Old Northern French receite (“receipt, recipe”) (1304), altered (by influence of receit (“he receives”), from Latin recipit) from Old French recete, from Latin receptus, perfect passive participle of recipiō, itself from re- (“back”) + capiō (“I take”). The unpronounced p was later inserted to make the word appear closer to its Latin root. Doublet of recept and recipe. False cognate of Persian رسید (resid) (whence Urdu رسید (rasīd)).

Example Sentences

• "A balance payable on receipt of the goods."
• "Your Grace shall understand that at the receipt of your letter I am very sick"
• "And therewith Sir Launcelot gate all his armoure as well as he myght and put hit upon hym for drede of more resseite[…]."

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