Waybill vs. Receipt: What's the Difference?

Waybill and Receipt Definitions
Waybill
A document giving details and instructions relating to a shipment of goods.
Receipt
The act of receiving
We are in receipt of your letter.
Waybill
A document that lists the final destination (and other details) of each part of a cargo.
Receipt
The fact of being or having been received
They denied receipt of the shipment.
Waybill
To provide (cargo) with a waybill document.
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Receipt
Often receipts A quantity or amount received
Cash receipts.
Waybill
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.
Receipt
A written acknowledgment that a specified article, sum of money, or shipment of merchandise has been received.
Waybill
A receipt given by the carrier to the shipper acknowledging receipt of the goods being shipped and specifying the terms of delivery
Receipt
A recipe.
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Receipt
To mark (a bill) as having been paid.
Receipt
To give or write a receipt for (money paid or goods or services delivered).
Receipt
To give a receipt.
Receipt
The act of receiving, or the fact of having been received.
A balance payable on receipt of the goods.
Receipt
(obsolete) The fact of having received a blow, injury etc.
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Receipt
(in the plural) A quantity or amount received; takings.
This weekend's receipts alone cover our costs to mount the production!
Receipt
A written acknowledgment that a specified article or sum of money has been received.
Receipt
(A piece of) evidence, documentation, etc. to prove one's past actions, accomplishments, etc.
Receipt
(A piece of) evidence (e.g. documentation or screen captures) of past wrongdoing.
Receipt
(archaic in New England and rural US since end of 20th century, elsewhere since middle of 20th century) A recipe, instructions, prescription.
Receipt
(obsolete) A receptacle.
Receipt
(obsolete) A revenue office.
Receipt
(obsolete) Reception, as an act of hospitality.
Receipt
(obsolete) Capability of receiving; capacity.
Receipt
(obsolete) A recess; a retired place.
Receipt
To give or write a receipt (for something).
To receipt delivered goods
Receipt
To put a receipt on, as by writing or stamping; to mark a bill as having been paid.
To receipt a bill
Receipt
The act of receiving; reception.
Receipt
Reception, as an act of hospitality.
Thy kind receipt of me.
Receipt
Capability of receiving; capacity.
It has become a place of great receipt.
Receipt
Place of receiving.
He saw a man, named Matthew, sitting at the receipt of custom.
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