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Antonyms for receipts

Grammar : Noun
Spell : ri-seet
Phonetic Transcription : rɪˈsit

Definition of receipts

Origin :
  • late 14c., "act of receiving;" also "statement of ingredients in a potion or medicine;" from Anglo-French or Old North French receite "receipt, recipe, prescription" (c.1300), altered (by influence of receit "he receives," from Vulgar Latin *recipit) from Old French recete, from Latin recepta "received," fem. past participle of recipere (see receive). Meaning "written acknowledgment of money or goods received" is from c.1600.
  • noun money earned in business venture
Example sentences :
  • In those days men fastened their letters and receipts and bills with wax.
  • Extract from : « Buried Cities: Pompeii, Olympia, Mycenae » by Jennie Hall
  • You will be the only attraction at this performance, and I have only you to count on for the receipts.
  • Extract from : « My Double Life » by Sarah Bernhardt
  • But, after all, what are the receipts and expenses of the Holy See?
  • Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola
  • Tell him, if you like, that I will pay all the expenses of the evening, and leave him the receipts.
  • Extract from : « One Of Them » by Charles James Lever
  • There were bills and receipts, notes of trials, and letters in abundance—but no will.
  • Extract from : « Sir Brook Fossbrooke, Volume II. » by Charles James Lever
  • The treasurer announced the receipts for 1888 to be $12,510.
  • Extract from : « The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume IV » by Various
  • The treasurer reported the receipts of the past year to be $14,020.
  • Extract from : « The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume IV » by Various
  • Please pay these bills and bring me back the receipts, and what's over.
  • Extract from : « The Fugitive (Third Series Plays) » by John Galsworthy
  • In this way the patentee can quite often double or treble the receipts from his invention.
  • Extract from : « Practical Pointers for Patentees » by Franklin Cresee
  • Put into practice some idea that will increase the receipts.
  • Extract from : « Dollars and Sense » by Col. Wm. C. Hunter

Synonyms for receipts

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