different between cheque vs receipt

English

Etymology

Influenced by exchequer, from Old French eschequier. See further etymology at check.

Pronunciation

• enPR: ch?k, IPA^(key): /t??k/
• Rhymes: -?k
• Homophones: check, Czech

Alternative forms

• check (US)

Noun

cheque (plural cheques)

1. (Australia, Canada, India, New Zealand, Britain) A draft directing a bank to pay money to a named person or entity.

   I was not carrying cash, so I wrote a cheque for the amount.

   • 1848, John Stuart Mill, Principles of Political Economy, 1920, page 62,

     They do not, however, all deal with the same banker, and when A gives a cheque to B, B usually pays it not into the same but into some other bank.

   • 1999, Sam Seunarine, Office Procedures for the Caribbean, 2nd edition, reprinted 2001, page 126,

     Sometimes abbreviations are used (which would be explained on the statement) and only the last three figures of the cheque number may be given. ‘Sundries’ are cash or cheques paid into the account.

   • 2007, Eric Tyson, Tony Martin, Personal Finance for Canadians for Dummies, unnumbered page,

     You can avoid dealing with paper cheques — written or printed — by paying your bills online.

   • 2009, R. Rajesh, T. Sivagnanasithi, Banking Theory Law & Practice, Tata McGraw-Hill, New Delhi, page 206,

     The daily cheque clearings began around 1770 when bank clerks met at the Five Bells (a tavern in Lombard Street in the City of London) to exchange all their cheques in one place and settle the balances in cash.

Derived terms

Descendants

Translations

Further reading

• cheque on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

References

• Michael Quinion (2004) , “Cheque”, in Ballyhoo, Buckaroo, and Spuds: Ingenious Tales of Words and Their Origins, Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Books in association with Penguin Books, ?ISBN
• Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “check”, in Online Etymology Dictionary

Asturian

Noun

cheque m (plural cheques)

1. cheque (a note promising to pay money to a named person or entity)

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English cheque, from Middle English chek, borrowed from Old French eschec, from Medieval Latin scaccus, from Arabic ????? (š?h), borrowed from Persian ???? (šâh, “king”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??k/
• Hyphenation: che?que
• Rhymes: -?k

Noun

cheque m (plural cheques, diminutive chequeje n)

1. check, cheque (a note promising to pay money to a named person or entity)
2. voucher, used to pay a stated amount for a specific purpose.

Derived terms

• bankcheque
• betaalcheque
• chequeboek
• chequeverkeer

- vouchers

• dienstencheque
• ecocheque
• maaltijdcheque
• waardecheque

Related terms

• schaak

Galician

Etymology

From English cheque

Noun

cheque m (plural cheques)

1. cheque, blank cheque

Derived terms

• chequeira
• cheque en branco

Portuguese

Etymology

From English cheque, from Old French eschec, from Medieval Latin scaccus, from Arabic ????? (š?h), from Persian ???? (šâh, “king”), from Middle Persian ????????????????? (š?h), from Old Persian ???? (xš?ya?iya, “king”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ksayati (“he rules, he has power over”), from Proto-Indo-European *tke- (“to gain power over, gain control over”). Cognate of xeque.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /???.k?/
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /???.ki/
• Hyphenation: che?que
• Rhymes: -?k(i)

Noun

cheque m (plural cheques)

1. cheque

Spanish

Etymology

From English cheque. Doublet of jaque.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?t??eke/, [?t??e.ke]

Noun

cheque m (plural cheques)

1. cheque, blank cheque

Derived terms

• chequera
• cheque en blanco

Adverb

cheque

1. (Honduras) well, fine, okay

English

Etymology

From Middle English receipt, receyt, receite, recorded since c. 1386 as "statement of ingredients in a potion or medicine," from Anglo-Norman or Old Northern French receite (“receipt, recipe”) (1304), altered (by influence of receit (“he receives”), from Latin recipit) from Old French recete, from Latin receptus, perfect passive participle of recipi?, itself from re- (“back”) + capi? (“I take”). The unpronounced p was later inserted to make the word appear closer to its Latin root.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???si?t/
• Rhymes: -i?t

Noun

receipt (countable and uncountable, plural receipts)

1. The act of receiving, or the fact of having been received.

   A balance payable on receipt of the goods.
2. (obsolete) The fact of having received a blow, injury etc.

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

3. (in the plural) A quantity or amount received; takings.

4. A written acknowledgment that a specified article or sum of money has been received.
5. (usually in the plural) (A piece of) evidence, documentation, etc. to prove one's past actions, accomplishments, etc.
   • 2020: Lindsey Wisniewski, "Darius Slay's Wikipedia page edited to claim DK Metcalf as his father", NBC Sports (December 1, 2020):

     "Oh yes, the Internet trolls went there, and we've got the receipts".
6. (Internet slang, usually in the plural, by extension) (A piece of) evidence (e.g. documentation or screen captures) of past wrongdoing or problematic behavior or statements.
7. (archaic in New England and rural US since end of 20th century, elsewhere since middle of 20th century) A recipe, instructions, prescription.
8. (obsolete) A receptacle.
9. (obsolete) A revenue office.
10. (obsolete) Reception, as an act of hospitality.
11. (obsolete) Capability of receiving; capacity.
    • 1644, John Evelyn, diary entry 21 October, 1644

      It has become a place of great receipt.

12. (obsolete) A recess; a retired place.

Related terms

Translations

See also

• docket

References

Verb

receipt (third-person singular simple present receipts, present participle receipting, simple past and past participle receipted)

1. To give or write a receipt (for something).

2. To put a receipt on, as by writing or stamping; to mark a bill as having been paid.

Translations

See also

• rcpt
• sales slip

Anagrams

• picrete