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Receipt vs Acknowledge - What's the difference?

receipt | acknowledge |

As verbs the difference between receipt and acknowledge

is that receipt is to give or write a receipt (for something) while acknowledge is to admit the knowledge of; to recognize as a fact or truth; to declare one's belief in; as, to acknowledge the being of a god.

As a noun receipt

is the act of receiving, or the fact of having been received.

receipt

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The act of receiving, or the fact of having been received.
  • *(William Shakespeare) (c.1564–1616)
  • *:at the receipt of your letter
  • (label) The fact of having received a blow, injury etc.
  • *, Bk.VI, Ch.xvi:
  • *:And therewith Sir Launcelot gate all his armoure as well as he myght and put hit upon hym for drede of more resseite .
  • (label) A quantity or amount received; takings.
  • :
  • A written acknowledgment that a specified article or sum of money has been received.
  • A recipe, instructions, prescription.
  • *Sir (Thomas Browne) (1605-1682)
  • *:She had a receipt to make white hair black.
  • (label) A receptacle.
  • (label) A revenue office.
  • (label) Reception, as an act of hospitality.
  • *(George Chapman) (1559-1634)
  • *:thy kind receipt of me
  • (label) Capability of receiving; capacity.
  • *(John Evelyn) (1620-1706)
  • *:It has become a place of great receipt .
  • (label) A recess; a retired place.
  • *(George Chapman) (1559-1634)
  • *:in a retired receipt together lay

    • Related terms

    * receivable * receive * reception * receptive

    See also

    * (l)

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To give or write a receipt (for something)
    • to receipt delivered goods
  • To put a receipt on, as by writing or stamping; to mark a bill as having been paid
    • to receipt a bill

    See also

    * rcpt * sales slip

    Anagrams

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    acknowledge

    English

    Alternative forms

    * acknowledg (obsolete)

    Verb

    (acknowledg)
  • To admit the knowledge of; to recognize as a fact or truth; to declare one's belief in; as, to acknowledge the being of a god.
  • :* I acknowledge my transgressions. - ''Psalm 51:3 .
  • :* ''For ends generally acknowledged to be good. -
  • To own or recognize in a particular quality, character or relationship; to admit the claims or authority of; to give recognition to.
  • :* In all thy ways acknowledge Him. - ''Proverbs 3:6
  • :* By my soul, I'll ne'er acknowledge thee. - , III-v
  • To own with gratitude or as a benefit or an obligation; as, to acknowledge a favor.
  • :* ''They his gifts acknowledged none. -
  • To notify receipt, as of a letter.
  • To own as genuine or valid; to assent to, as a legal instrument, to give it validity; to avow or admit in legal form; as, to acknowledge a deed.

    • Usage notes

    * Acknowledge'' is opposed to keep back, or conceal, and supposes that something had been previously known to us (though perhaps not to others) which we now feel bound to lay open or make public. Thus, a man ''acknowledges'' a secret marriage; one who has done wrong ''acknowledges'' his fault; and author ''acknowledges'' his obligation to those who have aided him; we ''acknowledge our ignorance. * Recognize'' supposes that we have either forgotten or not had the evidence of a thing distinctly before our minds, but that now we know it (as it were) anew, or receive and admit in on the ground of the evidence it brings. Thus, we ''recognize'' a friend after a long absence. We ''recognize'' facts, principles, truths, etc., when their evidence is brought up fresh to the mind; as, bad men usually ''recognize'' the providence of God in seasons of danger. A foreign minister, consul, or agent, of any kind, is ''recognized on the ground of his producing satisfactory credentials. * See also confess

    Synonyms

    * avow, proclaim, recognize, own, admit, allow, concede, confess

    Derived terms

    * acknowledgeable * acknowledged * acknowledgedly * acknowledge the corn * acknowledged

    Related terms

    * acknowledgment

    References

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