late 14c., "act of receiving;" also "statement of ingredients in a potion or medicine;" from Anglo-French or Old North French receite "receipt, recipe, prescription" (c. 1300), altered (by influence of receit "he receives," from Vulgar Latin *recipit) from Old French recete, from Latin recepta "received," fem. past participle of recipere (see receive). Meaning "written acknowledgment of money or goods received" is from c. 1600.
例文
1. I 'm going to make out a receipt for you.
領収書を出してあげます。
2.Snape wrote a receipt with a gold fountain pen.
スネイプは金ペンで領収書を開いた。
3.Proof of postage will not be accepted as proof of receipt .
郵便料金伝票は領収書としては使用できません。/
4.She put the receipt into the innermost pocket of her bag.
彼女は領収書をバッグの一番奥のポケットに入れた。/
5.Get my wife to write you out a receipt before you leave.