Recede
(Re*cede") v. t. [Pref. re- + cede. Cf. Recede, v. i.] To cede back; to grant or yield again
to a former possessor; as, to recede conquered territory.
Receipt
(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.
Gross 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.
Receipt
(Re*ceipt"), v. i. To give a receipt, as for money paid.
Receiptment
(Re*ceipt"ment) n. (O. Eng. Law) The receiving or harboring a felon knowingly, after the
commission of a felony. Burrill.
Receiptor
(Re*ceipt"or) n. One who receipts; specifically (Law), one who receipts for property which
has been taken by the sheriff.
Receit
(Re*ceit") n. Receipt. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Receivability
(Re*ceiv`a*bil"i*ty) n. The quality of being receivable; receivableness.
Receivable
(Re*ceiv"a*ble) a. [Cf. F. recevable.] Capable of being received. — Re*ceiv"a*ble*ness,
n.
Bills receivable. See under 6th Bill.
