How to Use receipt in a Sentence

receipt

1 of 2 noun
  • Keep your receipt in case you need to return anything.
  • Our company deposits cash receipts every day.
  • Open immediately upon receipt of the package.
  • The form should be completed and returned within 30 days of receipt.
  • And there are receipts to prove it.
    — Michael D'estries, Travel + Leisure, 15 Feb. 2026
  • Please don’t keep this as a receipt.
    — Megan Feringa, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Two decades is long enough to check the receipts.
    — Bjorn Lomborg, The Orlando Sentinel, 26 June 2026
  • When doubt shows up, go back to your receipts.
    — Johnny C. Taylor Jr, USA Today, 16 Dec. 2025
  • And make sure to keep all records and receipts.
    — ABC News, 2 May 2026
  • Yes, our staff would be happy to send you a receipt.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 5 June 2026
  • And this extends to more than just mail and receipts.
    — Caroline Lubinsky, Martha Stewart, 29 Jan. 2026
  • An epoch receipt says the system has not rolled back.
    — Pravir Malik, Forbes.com, 15 May 2026
  • My bag drop receipt clearly shows two bags.
    — Christopher Elliott, Mercury News, 26 Jan. 2026
  • But what about that pile of expired coupons and receipts?
    — Barbara Bellesi Zito, The Spruce, 18 Jan. 2026
  • If nothing shows up, the receipt is fake.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 30 Aug. 2025
  • Julie ran the man’s credit card and gave him the receipt to sign.
    — John Kelly, Washington Post, 7 Aug. 2023
  • The receipts go all the way back, and the work speaks for itself.
    — Susan Akyeampong, Allure, 27 May 2026
  • Check your ride receipts and payment alerts.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 17 June 2026
  • If shopping, keep your receipts (and the box).
    — Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 25 Feb. 2026
  • You shop, snap receipts and earn points that can be redeemed for gift cards.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 9 June 2026
  • Keeping receipts isn’t a bad thing!
    — Tarot.com, Sun Sentinel, 24 Jan. 2026
  • People in these parts keep receipts.
    — Phil Hay, New York Times, 22 May 2026
  • The pool is made up of 60% of gate receipts from each of those games.
    — Kurt Badenhausen, Sportico.com, 25 Oct. 2025
  • Here’s why gross receipts may be $0—and how to respond.
    — Robert Green, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
  • And yes, some of us will probably stuff a box full of tax receipts.
    — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 29 Dec. 2025
  • Café receipts keep climbing, and the math is starting to sting.
    — Allison Palmer, Kansas City Star, 20 May 2026
  • The state puts a gross receipts tax on businesses.
    — Aliss Higham, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Sep. 2025
  • Meanwhile, even for a man who seems to fly, receipts can be heavy to carry.
    — Louisa Thomas, The New Yorker, 29 Dec. 2023
  • Always keep a copy of your receipt (or snap a photo with your phone).
    — Alice Gibbs, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Aug. 2025
  • The receipt showed the exact time of purchase.
    — Greg Wehner, FOXNews.com, 12 Mar. 2026

receipt

2 of 2 verb
  • Real estate tax bill or receipt for the current year or the previous year.
    — Tamia Fowlkes, Journal Sentinel, 14 Mar. 2023
  • Cameron pleaded guilty to receipt of child pornography, and faces a a mandatory minimum term of five years in prison, and up to 20 years, according to federal authorities.
    — Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 4 Jan. 2025
  • The state’s supplemental operating budget increases that receipt authority, though the governor has not yet signed that budget.
    — James Brooks, Anchorage Daily News, 13 June 2019
  • Failure to properly document employee bonuses and stipends, and Failure to properly receipt and deposit money collected on behalf of the school.
    — al, 6 Oct. 2022
  • Since the company’s American depository receipts trade in New York, there’s also the threat of expensive class-action suits.
    — Andy Mukherjee | Bloomberg, Washington Post, 22 Oct. 2019
  • The researchers of the new study also defined time to first dose of pain medication as time from triage to receipt of pain medication rather than time from arrival at the ED to receipt of medication, which may underestimate overall delays, according to the team.
    — Hannah Millington, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Oct. 2025

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