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 When Brigham Young caught wind of all this and asked his West Coast emissary to remit the appropriate tithe, Brannan supposedly told him to have God send the receipt. — Kathryn Schulz, New Yorker, 26 Oct. 2026 Go through your grocery items and double-check your receipts. — Hali Smith, Idaho Statesman, 26 Oct. 2026 Botswana, Ethiopia, and Kenya are among other African countries where investors will be able to buy stakes in the refinery through the use of global depositary receipts. — Alexander Onukwue, semafor.com, 26 Oct. 2026 The app digitizes contracts, receipts, tax forms, handwritten notes, ID cards, and multi-page documents. — Stackcommerce Team, PC Magazine, 25 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
  • Invoicing Factoring labor, paper and expenses associated with correcting errors, manually processing invoices can cost nearly $16 per invoice, according to the Institute of Finance and Management.
    — Dana Miranda, CNBC, 27 Oct. 2026
  • All told, there were more than 50 invoices dating from July 2022 to May 2025.
    — Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 Oct. 2026
Definition of invoice
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  • Customers filed lawsuits alleging Bacelar was buying dogs on the cheap from breeders, then misrepresenting them as rescues and charging high adoption fees, The Times reported.
    — Alene Tchekmedyian, Los Angeles Times, 28 Oct. 2026
  • The brothers were also fined $50,000 per conviction, with additional court fees — $300,000 for each of the twins, $350,000 for Tal.
    — Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 28 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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