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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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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
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
Setting aside the whole grim story of Sir Charles’s death, we had a line of inexplicable incidents all within the limits of two days, which included the receipt of the printed letter, the black-bearded spy in the hansom, the loss of the new brown boot, the loss of the old black boot, and now the return of the new brown boot.
The Hound of the Baskervilles, p. 57 · C1

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