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Receipt vs Acquittance - What's the difference?

receipt | acquittance |

As nouns the difference between receipt and acquittance

is that receipt is the act of receiving, or the fact of having been received while acquittance is the clearing off of debt or obligation; a release or discharge from debt or other liability.

As verbs the difference between receipt and acquittance

is that receipt is to give or write a receipt (for something while acquittance is to acquit.

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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    acquittance

    English

    (Webster 1913)

    Alternative forms

    * acquittaunce (obsolete)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The clearing off of debt or obligation; a release or discharge from debt or other liability.
  • A writing which is evidence of a discharge; a receipt in full, which bars a further demand.
  • * Shakespeare
    • You can produce acquittances / For such a sum, from special officers.

    Verb

    (en-verb)
  • (obsolete) To acquit.

    • References

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