receipt
part of speech
noun (a receipt, receipts)
meaning for a pupil
1) A piece of paper (or email) from a shop that shows what you bought, how much you paid and when, used as proof. tree →
2) The act of receiving something (on receipt of your letter — formal). tree →
3) Receipts (plural): money received by a business. tree →
4) Receipt is an old word for a recipe, the list of ingredients and steps for making a food. tree →
sense in the lessons
In maths and money lessons, receipts show prices, totals, change and discounts — great for addition and subtraction problems. In everyday life, keep the receipt to return or exchange something. Phrases: keep the receipt, ask for a receipt, a till receipt, on receipt of.
examples
- Can I have a receipt, please? tree →
- Keep the receipt in case the toy breaks. tree →
- The receipt shows we spent £12.40 in total. tree →
- Check the receipt to see how much change you should get. tree →
- You can't return the shoes without the receipt. tree →
- Add up all the items on the receipt to check the total. tree →
note
Spelling trap: silent «p» — receipt is pronounced ri-SEET. Also «ei» after «c» (i before e except after c). Not to be confused with «recipe» (instructions for cooking), even though they look a bit alike.
In the corpora
- When sent to the shop, bring back the right change and the receipt; being careful with money shows you can be trusted.
- His mum helped him contact the shop with the receipt, and luckily they found the card again.
- Keep gift card codes and receipts safe until the card is used.
- Money spent online does not vanish; it goes somewhere and leaves a receipt.
- Real events usually leave traces, like stickers, receipts, photos or a sore mouth.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «receipt» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.