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receipt

/ɹɪˈsit/ verb C2
  1. To give or write a receipt (for something). · to receipt delivered goods
  2. To put a receipt on, as by writing or stamping; to mark a bill as having been paid. · to receipt a bill

He/she/it receipts · Past receipted · Past participle receipted · -ing form receipting

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Verb forms

Base form
receipt
He/she/it
receipts
Past
receipted
Past participle
receipted
-ing form
receipting

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Dantès obeyed, and commenced what he called his history, but which consisted only of the account of a voyage to India, and two or three voyages to the Levant, until he arrived at the recital of his last cruise, with the death of Captain Leclere, and the receipt of a packet to be delivered by himself to the grand marshal; his interview with that personage, and his receiving, in place of the packet brought, a letter addressed to a Monsieur Noirtier—his arrival at Marseilles, and interview with his father—his affection for Mercédès, and their nuptial feast—his arrest and subsequent examination, his temporary detention at the Palais de Justice, and his final imprisonment in the Château d’If.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 161 · C1
Colonel Emsworth was not in his room, but he came quickly enough on receipt of Ralph's message.
The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes, p. 18 · B2
Come as soon as you can on the receipt of this.
Pride and Prejudice, p. 32 · B2
“Then perhaps you will explain this receipted bill for thirteen guineas, paid by Mr.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes, p. 114 · C1

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