Waybill vs. Receipt: What's the Difference?

A document giving details and instructions relating to a shipment of goods.

The act of receiving

A document that lists the final destination (and other details) of each part of a cargo.

The fact of being or having been received

To provide (cargo) with a waybill document.

Often receipts A quantity or amount received

A list of passengers in a public vehicle, or of the baggage or gods transported by a common carrier on a land route. When the goods are transported by water, the list is called a bill of lading.

A written acknowledgment that a specified article, sum of money, or shipment of merchandise has been received.

A receipt given by the carrier to the shipper acknowledging receipt of the goods being shipped and specifying the terms of delivery

A recipe.

To mark (a bill) as having been paid.

To give or write a receipt for (money paid or goods or services delivered).

To give a receipt.

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

(obsolete) The fact of having received a blow, injury etc.

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

A written acknowledgment that a specified article or sum of money has been received.

(A piece of) evidence, documentation, etc. to prove one's past actions, accomplishments, etc.

(A piece of) evidence (e.g. documentation or screen captures) of past wrongdoing.

(archaic in New England and rural US since end of 20th century, elsewhere since middle of 20th century) A recipe, instructions, prescription.

(obsolete) A receptacle.

(obsolete) A revenue office.

(obsolete) Reception, as an act of hospitality.

(obsolete) Capability of receiving; capacity.

(obsolete) A recess; a retired place.

To give or write a receipt (for something).

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

The act of receiving; reception.

Reception, as an act of hospitality.

Capability of receiving; capacity.

Place of receiving.

Hence, a recess; a retired place.

A formulary according to the directions of which things are to be taken or combined; a recipe; as, a receipt for making sponge cake.

A writing acknowledging the taking or receiving of goods delivered; an acknowledgment of money paid.

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.

To give a receipt for; as, to receipt goods delivered by a sheriff.

To put a receipt on, as by writing or stamping; as, to receipt a bill.

To give a receipt, as for money paid.

The act of receiving

An acknowledgment (usually tangible) that payment has been made

Report the receipt of;

Mark or stamp as paid