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Receipt vs Prescript - What's the difference?

receipt | prescript |

As nouns the difference between receipt and prescript

is that receipt is the act of receiving, or the fact of having been received while prescript is something prescribed; a rule, regulation or dictate.

As a verb receipt

is to give or write a receipt (for something).

As an adjective prescript is

directed; prescribed.

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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    prescript

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Something prescribed; a rule, regulation or dictate.
  • (Milton)
  • (obsolete) A medical prescription.
  • (Bishop Fell)

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Directed; prescribed.
  • * Jeremy Taylor
  • A prescript form of words.