<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>A written acknowledgment of having received, or taken into one's possession, a specified amount of money, goods, etc.</li><li>Receipts, the amount or quantity received: Economic austerity diminished the government’s tax receipts.</li><li>The act of receiving or the state of being received: We are in receipt of your letter requesting a copy of the report.</li><li>Something that is received.</li><li>Receipts, Slang: evidence or proof: There's no way he's a crook—show me the receipts!</li><li>Archaic: recipe.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb</strong></p><ul><li>(Used with object) To acknowledge in writing the payment of (a bill): The check was dated January 9, and the invoice was receipted on January 15.</li><li>To give a receipt for (money, goods, etc.).</li></ul><p><strong>Verb</strong></p><ul><li>(Used without object) To give a receipt, as for money or goods.</li></ul>