Cheque vs Receipt - What's the difference?
cheque | receipt |
(Australia, Canada, India, New Zealand, UK) A draft directing a bank to pay money to a named person or entity.
* 1848 , (John Stuart Mill), (Principles of Political Economy) , 1920,
* 1999 , Sam Seunarine, Office Procedures for the Caribbean , 2nd edition, reprinted 2001,
* 2007 , Eric Tyson, Tony Martin, Personal Finance for Canadians for Dummies ,
* 2009 , R. Rajesh, T. Sivagnanasithi, Banking Theory Law & Practice , Tata McGraw-Hill, New Delhi,
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.
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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
To give or write a receipt (for something)
To put a receipt on, as by writing or stamping; to mark a bill as having been paid
As nouns the difference between cheque and receipt
is that cheque is a draft directing a bank to pay money to a named person or entity 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.cheque
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Alternative forms
* check (US)Noun
(en noun)- I was not carrying cash, so I wrote a cheque for the amount.
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- They do not, however, all deal with the same banker, and when A gives a cheque to B, B usually pays it not into the same but into some other bank.
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- Sometimes abbreviations are used (which would be explained on the statement) and only the last three figures of the cheque' number may be given. ‘Sundries’ are cash or ' cheques paid into the account.
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- You can avoid dealing with paper cheques — written or printed — by paying your bills online.
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- The daily cheque' clearings began around 1770 when bank clerks met at the Five Bells (a tavern in Lombard Street in the City of London) to exchange all their ' cheques in one place and settle the balances in cash.
Derived terms
(terms derived from cheque) * bank cheque * cheque book, chequebook * bounced cheque * crossed cheque * paycheque * rain cheque * traveller's chequeExternal links
* (wikipedia "cheque")receipt
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(en noun)See also
* (l)Verb
(en verb)- to receipt delivered goods
- to receipt a bill