receipt

noun

Definition of receiptnext
as in certificate
a record of goods sold or services performed together with the amount paid If you'd like to return those pants, you'll need to provide a receipt.

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Recent Examples of receipt QuickBooks maps your accounts to tax-form categories based on your account setup and helps organize receipts and expense records to review or share with a tax professional. — Dana Miranda, CNBC, 17 Oct. 2026 The sale will involve the use of depositary receipts, the same instruments that will be used to offer ownership in the continent’s largest refinery to prospective shareholders in Botswana and Kenya. — Alexander Onukwue, semafor.com, 16 Oct. 2026 And of course, Siri included a link to the email that contains the Instacart order receipt. — Kimberly Gedeon, PC Magazine, 16 Oct. 2026 In addition, Mendes and the studio have been pondering a highly unique reporting structure for the films’ box office receipts. — James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 15 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for receipt
Recent Examples of Synonyms for receipt
  1. certificate
  2. statement
  3. invoice
  4. fee
  5. note
Noun
  • The AiP certificate was presented on October 22 at the Maritime Hybrid, Electric & Hydrogen Fuel Cells Conference & Exhibition in Bergen, Norway.
    — Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 23 Oct. 2026
  • The investigation also identified firmware signed with certificates associated with Shenzhen Zediel, a Chinese device manufacturer.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of certificate
Noun
  • The Tallahassee Police Department said in a statement that 11 of the 12 were shot and that three victims had serious injuries, with one minor in serious condition.
    — Samantha Cookinham, NBC news, 25 Oct. 2026
  • The Gang Supression Force force has not made any statement about the discovery and hand over.
    — Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 25 Oct. 2026
Definition of statement
Noun
  • Instead of waiting up to 30, 60 and sometimes even 90 days for customers to pay outstanding invoices, a company sells those invoices to a factoring provider.
    — Andrew Coon, Forbes.com, 20 Oct. 2026
  • Contracts, invoices and service records can show when an outside company worked at the property and what it was hired to do.
    — Emma Clapp, Miami Herald, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of invoice
Noun
  • These provisions keep employers and plan sponsors from openly discussing their contract terms, which Cuban said blocks them from comparing fees and negotiating better deals.
    — Emma Witman, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2026
  • Talking to Nieman Lab, experts suggested that Meta could possibly use the policy to avoid millions in licensing fees from news organizations by requiring all business users to share a wealth of AI training data simply for running a business page.
    — Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of fee
Noun
  • One bottle, picked by Naugle, Casamorati Italica had notes of apple, mandarin, creamy milk, saffron and vanilla which distinctly reminded me of this German Christmas loose-leaf tea from my childhood.
    — Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 24 Oct. 2026
  • Save suspicious messages, account statements, confirmation numbers and notes from conversations with institutions.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 24 Oct. 2026
Definition of note

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“Receipt.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/receipt. Accessed 28 Oct. 2026.

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