Receipt vs. Reception
Receipt and Reception Definitions
Receipt
The act of receiving
We are in receipt of your letter.
Reception
The act or process of receiving or of being received.
Receipt
The fact of being or having been received
They denied receipt of the shipment.
Reception
(Football) The act or an instance of catching a forward pass.
Receipt
Often receipts A quantity or amount received
Cash receipts.
Reception
A welcome, greeting, or acceptance
A friendly reception.
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Receipt
A written acknowledgment that a specified article, sum of money, or shipment of merchandise has been received.
Reception
A social function, especially one intended to provide a welcome or greeting
A wedding reception.
Receipt
A recipe.
Reception
Mental approval or acceptance
The reception of a new theory.
Receipt
To mark (a bill) as having been paid.
Reception
Conversion of transmitted electromagnetic signals into perceptible forms, such as sound or light, by means of antennas and electronic equipment.
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Receipt
To give or write a receipt for (money paid or goods or services delivered).
Reception
The condition or quality of the signals so received.
Receipt
To give a receipt.
Reception
The act of receiving.
Receipt
The act of receiving, or the fact of having been received.
A balance payable on receipt of the goods.
Reception
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.
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Receipt
(obsolete) The fact of having received a blow, injury etc.
Reception
A social engagement, usually to formally welcome someone.
After the wedding we proceeded to the reception.
Receipt
(in the plural) A quantity or amount received; takings.
This weekend's receipts alone cover our costs to mount the production!
Reception
A reaction; the treatment received on first talking to a person, arriving at a place, etc.
The ambassador's jokes met a cold reception.
Receipt
A written acknowledgment that a specified article or sum of money has been received.
Reception
The desk of a hotel or office where guests are received.
Receipt
(A piece of) evidence, documentation, etc. to prove one's past actions, accomplishments, etc.
Reception
The school year, or part thereof, between preschool and Year 1, when children are introduced to formal education.
Receipt
(A piece of) evidence (e.g. documentation or screen captures) of past wrongdoing.
Reception
(law) The conscious adoption or transplantation of legal phenomena from a different culture.
Receipt
(archaic in New England and rural US since end of 20th century, elsewhere since middle of 20th century) A recipe, instructions, prescription.
Reception
(American football) The act of catching a pass.
Receipt
(obsolete) A receptacle.
Reception
(linguistics) Reading viewed as the active process of receiving a text in any medium (written, spoken, signed, multimodal, nonverbal), consisting of several steps, such as ideation, comprehension, reconstruction, interpretation.
Receipt
(obsolete) A revenue office.
Reception
The act of receiving; receipt; admission; as, the reception of food into the stomach; the reception of a letter; the reception of sensation or ideas; reception of evidence.
Receipt
(obsolete) Reception, as an act of hospitality.
Reception
The state of being received.
Receipt
(obsolete) Capability of receiving; capacity.
Reception
The act or manner of receiving, especially of receiving visitors; entertainment; hence, an occasion or ceremony of receiving guests; as, a hearty reception; an elaborate reception.
What reception a poem may find.
Receipt
(obsolete) A recess; a retired place.
Reception
Acceptance, as of an opinion or doctrine.
Philosophers who have quitted the popular doctrines of their countries have fallen into as extravagant opinions as even common reception countenanced.
Receipt
To give or write a receipt (for something).
To receipt delivered goods
Reception
A retaking; a recovery.
Receipt
To put a receipt on, as by writing or stamping; to mark a bill as having been paid.
To receipt a bill
Reception
The manner in which something is greeted;
She did not expect the cold reception she received from her superiors
Receipt
The act of receiving; reception.
Reception
A formal party of people; as after a wedding
Receipt
Reception, as an act of hospitality.
Thy kind receipt of me.
Reception
Quality or fidelity of a received broadcast
Receipt
Capability of receiving; capacity.
It has become a place of great receipt.
Reception
The act of receiving
Receipt
Place of receiving.
He saw a man, named Matthew, sitting at the receipt of custom.
Reception
(American football) the act of catching a pass in football;
The tight end made a great reception on the 20 yard line
Receipt
Hence, a recess; a retired place.
Receipt
A formulary according to the directions of which things are to be taken or combined; a recipe; as, a receipt for making sponge cake.
She had a receipt to make white hair black.
Receipt
A writing acknowledging the taking or receiving of goods delivered; an acknowledgment of money paid.
Receipt
That which is received; that which comes in, in distinction from what is expended, paid out, sent away, and the like; - usually in the plural; as, the receipts amounted to a thousand dollars.
Receipt
To give a receipt for; as, to receipt goods delivered by a sheriff.
Receipt
To put a receipt on, as by writing or stamping; as, to receipt a bill.
Receipt
To give a receipt, as for money paid.
Receipt
The act of receiving
Receipt
An acknowledgment (usually tangible) that payment has been made
Receipt
Report the receipt of;
The program committee acknowledged the submission of the authors of the paper
Receipt
Mark or stamp as paid
