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.