as in certificate
a record of goods sold or services performed together with the amount paid
If you'd like to return those pants, you'll need to provide a receipt.
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Recent Examples of receipt
After hearing pro and con messages about the measure, 57% supported a gross receipts tax on businesses.
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Grant Stringer, Mercury News, 4 June 2025
Ars reviewed a receipt of the purchase from Chicntech, and others online have also reported seeing the website selling inexplicably cheap 20TB portable hard drives.
—ArsTechnica, 3 June 2025
This should sound pretty familiar to Costco shoppers, as store associates already check receipts on the way out the door.
—Melissa Locker, Southern Living, 3 June 2025
Dana Chandler's Auto Zone receipt showing the purchase of two five-gallon gas cans.
—Ruth Chenetz, CBS News, 31 May 2025
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Grant Stringer, Mercury News, 4 June 2025
Ars reviewed a receipt of the purchase from Chicntech, and others online have also reported seeing the website selling inexplicably cheap 20TB portable hard drives.
—ArsTechnica, 3 June 2025
This should sound pretty familiar to Costco shoppers, as store associates already check receipts on the way out the door.
—Melissa Locker, Southern Living, 3 June 2025
Dana Chandler's Auto Zone receipt showing the purchase of two five-gallon gas cans.
—Ruth Chenetz, CBS News, 31 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for receipt
Noun
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Perhaps a participant could earn a skills certificate and then apply those skills by working on or running a social media campaign, for example.—
Khaitsa Wasiyo,
Forbes.com,
13 June 2025
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At the end of the ceremony, Shore presented each woman with a hamsa hand necklace, which symbolizes protection, and a certificate of bat mitzvah.—
Jessica Tzikas,
Sun Sentinel,
12 June 2025
Noun
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Detectives spoke with Gomez’s friend, Anderson Fuentes, 26, of Alexander, who was a witness to the shooting and provided a statement to police, authorities said.—
Grant Lancaster,
Arkansas Online,
16 June 2025
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Six of the artist's seven children came to support him on May 12, when opening statements in the music mogul's ongoing trial began.—
Charlotte Phillipp,
People.com,
16 June 2025
Noun
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The agent interprets firm-specific billing guidelines and scans invoice line items to flag inconsistencies before bills are sent.—
Leslie Lee,
Forbes.com,
12 June 2025
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As for the invoices, that’s because some of the elements of the story are from my past or the people around me.—
Kambole Campbell,
Variety,
7 June 2025
Noun
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Comcast has been issuing a monthly $8.85 credit to partially offset that fee during the ongoing negotiations with CHSN.—
Robert Channick,
Chicago Tribune,
6 June 2025
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Genk expect a fee that could rise as high as €30million to €40m (£25.3m-£33.7m/$34.3m-$45.8m) after add-ons.—
James McNicholas,
New York Times,
6 June 2025
Noun
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On a far lighter note, Quinn recalled her first trip to Annecy in 1987 with short Girls Night Out.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
8 June 2025
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The weekend ended on a high note for Kansas City Royals star Salvador Perez.—
Jaylon Thompson,
Kansas City Star,
8 June 2025
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“Receipt.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/receipt. Accessed 20 Jun. 2025.
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