[mass noun]the action of receiving something or the fact of its being received 收到,接到 I would be grateful if you would acknowledge receipt of this letter. 收信后若能及时告知,将不胜感激。 families in receipt of supplementary benefit. 接受政府补助的家庭。 ■[count noun]a written or printed statement acknowledging that something has been paid for or that goods have been received 发票;收据 ■(receipts)an amount of money received during a particular period by an organization or business 收入;进款 box office receipts. 票房收入。
(archaic)a recipe (古)处方
verb
[with obj.][usu. as adj. receipted]mark (a bill) as paid 在(账单)上注明收讫字样 the receipted hotel bill. 注有“收讫”的宾馆账单。
语源
late Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French receite, from medieval Latin recepta 'received', feminine past participle of Latin recipere. The -p- was inserted in imitation of the Latin spelling