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Acknowledgement vs Receipt - What's the difference?

acknowledgement | receipt |

As nouns the difference between acknowledgement and receipt

is that acknowledgement is the act of acknowledging; admission; avowal; owning; confession while receipt is the act of receiving, or the fact of having been received.

As a verb receipt is

to give or write a receipt (for something.

acknowledgement

English

Alternative forms

* acknowledgment (US)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (British) The act of acknowledging; admission; avowal; owning; confession.
  • (British) The act of owning or recognizing in a particular character or relationship; recognition as regards the existence, authority, truth, or genuineness.
  • (British) An award or other expression or token of appreciation.
  • (British) An expression of gratitude.
  • (British) A message from the addressee informing the originator that the originator's communication has been received and understood.
  • a wedding invitation's acknowledgement
  • (British, telecommunications, computing, networking) A response sent by a receiver to indicate successful receipt of a transmission.
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  • (British, legal) The act of a man admitting a child as his own.
  • (British, legal) A formal statement or document recognizing the fulfilment or execution of a legal requirement or procedure.
  • Synonyms

    * confession, concession, recognition, admission, avowal, recognizance, ACK

    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
  • 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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