different between reception vs receipt

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French reception, from Latin recepti? (“the act of receiving; reception”), from recipi? (“receive”), from re- (“back”) + capi? (“I hold”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???s?p.?n?/

Noun

reception (countable and uncountable, plural receptions)

1. The act of receiving.
2. (uncountable, electronics) The act or ability to receive radio or similar signals.

   We have poor TV reception in the valley.

   The new system provides exceptional quality of the reception signal.

3. A social engagement, usually to formally welcome someone.

   After the wedding we proceeded to the reception.

4. A reaction; the treatment received on first talking to a person, arriving at a place, etc.

   The ambassador's jokes met a cold reception.
5. The desk of a hotel or office where guests are received.
6. (Britain, education) The school year, or part thereof, between preschool and Year 1, when children are introduced to formal education.
7. (law) The conscious adoption or transplantation of legal phenomena from a different culture.
8. (American football) This term needs a definition. Please help out and add a definition, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

Synonyms

• (desk where guests are received): front desk

Derived terms

• reception center, reception centre
• reception desk
• receptionist
• reception room

Related terms

• receptacle
• receptive
• receptible
• receptor
• receive

Translations

Anagrams

• pre-notice, prenotice

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from French réception, English reception, from Latin receptio.

Noun

reception c

1. a reception, a front desk
2. a reception, a social welcoming event

Declension

Synonyms

• intagning (i en orden)
• mottagning
• vakt

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