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# receipt

«receipt» in Mova's school dictionary: **A piece of paper (or email) from a shop that shows what…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/receipt/#m1)

2) The act of receiving something (on receipt of your letter — formal). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/receipt/#m2)

3) Receipts (plural): money received by a business. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/receipt/#m3)

4) Receipt is an old word for a recipe, the list of ingredients and steps for making a food. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/receipt/#m4)

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/receipt/#x1)
- Keep the receipt in case the toy breaks. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/receipt/#x2)
- The receipt shows we spent £12.40 in total. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/receipt/#x3)
- Check the receipt to see how much change you should get. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/receipt/#x4)
- You can't return the shoes without the receipt. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/receipt/#x5)
- Add up all the items on the receipt to check the total. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/receipt/#x6)

### 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.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/286-being-trusted-and-things-you-find/11/)
- [His mum helped him contact the shop with the receipt, and luckily they found the card again.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/415-gift-cards-and-birthday-money/7/)
- [Keep gift card codes and receipts safe until the card is used.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/415-gift-cards-and-birthday-money/21/)
- [Money spent online does not vanish; it goes somewhere and leaves a receipt.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/445-the-older-kids-trade/34/)
- [Real events usually leave traces, like stickers, receipts, photos or a sore mouth.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/450-too-many-details-too-few/40/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «receipt» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/receipt/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.