receipt

receipt: receipt n

1 *reception

2 Receipt, recipe, prescription are comparable when they mean a formula or set of directions for the compounding of ingredients especially in cookery and medicine.

Receipt is often employed as a designation of a formula for making a homemade medicine

{
she has an excellent receipt for a cough syrup
}

Though also often used in reference to cookery formulas, the term in this sense is commonly felt as old-fashioned or dialectal and is being gradually displaced by recipe.

Recipe is perhaps the most general of these terms since it can apply not only to a formula or set of instructions for making or doing something but to a method or procedure for attaining some end

{
recipes are used in making steel, and each ingredient is measured to a fraction of one percent—Hot-Metal Magic
}

{
reading good books ... is the recipe for those who would learn to read— Adler
}

In application to medicinal formulas recipe may come close to receipt or it may suggest an old- fashioned empirical remedy as distinct from a modern pharmaceutical product

{
some of his recipes are printed in pharmacopoeias of today— Norman Douglas
}

In cookery recipe is the usual and standard English term for a set of directions for preparing a made dish

{
a family recipe for plum pudding
}

The usual term for a physician's direction to a pharmacist for the compounding or dispensing of a medicine is prescription. That term is also applied to a medicine which is compounded or dispensed according to such a direction

{
his doctor gave him three prescriptions
}

{
he is still taking the prescription for bronchitis
}

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Synonyms:

Reception / Reception, admission / Recipe, prescription, formulary / Acquittance, quittance, acknowledgement of payment

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receipt — re·ceipt /ri sēt/ n 1: the act, process, or fact of taking possession 2: something (as income) received usu. used in pl. 3: a writing acknowledging the receiving of goods or money Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster … Law dictionary
Receipt — Re*ceipt (r[ e]*s[=e]t ), 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. [1913 Webster] 2. Reception, as an act of… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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. [1913 Webster] 2. To put a receipt on, as by writing or stamping; as, to receipt a bill. [1913… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
receipt — receipt, recipe In current English the meanings of these two words are distinct and cause no difficulty, but readers of Victorian or earlier literature should bear in mind that a receipt could then be what we now know as recipe (‘a formula and… … Modern English usage
receipt — [ri sēt′] n. [altered (infl. by L) < ME receite < Anglo Fr, for OFr recete < ML recepta < L, fem. of receptus, pp. of recipere: see RECEIVE] 1. old fashioned var. of RECIPE 2. a receiving or being received 3. a written acknowledgment… … English World dictionary
Receipt — Re*ceipt , v. i. To give a receipt, as for money paid. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
receipt — (n.) late 14c., statement of ingredients in a potion or medicine, from Anglo Fr. or O.N.Fr. receite receipt, recipe (c.1300), altered (by influence of receit he receives, from V.L. *recipit) from O.Fr. recete, from L. recepta received, fem. pp.… … Etymology dictionary
receipt — [n1] acknowledgment of delivery cancellation, certificate, chit, counterfoil, declaration, discharge, letter, notice, proof of purchase, quittance, release, sales slip, slip, stub, voucher; concepts 271,332 receipt [n2] delivery of goods… … New thesaurus
receipt — ► NOUN 1) the action of receiving something or the fact of its being received. 2) a written acknowledgement of receiving something. 3) (receipts) an amount of money received over a period by an organization. ORIGIN Old French receite, from Latin… … English terms dictionary
receipt — a written acknowledgement of having received money or goods specified Also statement Euroclear Clearing and Settlement glossary A detailed summary of an account. Euroclear Clearing and Settlement glossary See deposit receipt, withdrawal receipt.… … Financial and business terms

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