Etymology

Recorded since c.1386 as "statement of ingredients in a potion or medicine," from Anglo-French or Old North French receite "receipt, recipe" (1304), altered (by influence of receit "he receives," from Vulgar Latin *recipit) from recete, from receptus, past participle of recipere, itself from re- 'back' + cipere (an alteration of capere 'to take')

Noun

1. The act of receiving, or the fact of having been received
2. The fact of having received a blow, injury etc.
   • 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur, Book VI:

     And therewith Sir Launcelot gate all his armoure as well as he myght and put hit upon hym for drede of more resseite [...].

3. A quantity or amount received; takings

   This weekend's receipts alone cover our costs to mount the production!

4. A written acknowledgment that a specified article or sum of money has been received
5. A recipe, instructions, prescription
6. A receptacle
7. A revenue office

Verb

1. To give or write a receipt (for something)
2. To mark a bill as having been paid