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Tiratum  #161750  Wed, 23 Nov 05 10:18 AM

Hi,

What's the difference between receipt (verb) and receive (verb)?

How to use "receipt (verb)" in a sentence?

thanks  in advance.

 

  
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Anonymous  #161771  Wed, 23 Nov 05 12:07 PM
To receipt something (usually a bill or payment) is to mark it as having been paid.  This has a very restricted use.  One might say to someone in Accounts Receivable, "Sam, could you receipt this invoice for Accounting, please?"  Sam will then stamp it in bold red letter that it has been paid in full and off it goes through the bloated, groaning cogs of commerce.

To receive something is as it is commonly held: syn. acquire, take, get.



  
Tiratum  #161997  Thu, 24 Nov 05 03:44 AM

I see.

Thank you!

  
Anonymous  #533189  Fri, 27 Jun 08 05:07 AM
i guess it is really rarely seen to use 'receipt' as a verb, but at auction houses, one of their inventory manager's job is to 'receipt' properties consigned by their clients. the staff uses the word 'receipting' as a verb quite often in the office.
  
Abil  #533203  Fri, 27 Jun 08 05:32 AM
Receipt is not a verb. It looks like a verb when you say that "you are in receipt of John's letter." This means you have received John's letter.

"in receipt of something" is a phrase. When you just say "receipt", it is a piece of paper that you get
from some one as confirmation that they have received money or goods from you.
  
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Goodman  #533215  Fri, 27 Jun 08 06:27 AM
Receipt is defined as a noun and like many others can be occasionally used as verbs under the right context. I haven't seen it used as verb though.

  
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