Proceeds vs Receipt - What's the difference?
proceeds | receipt |
Revenue; gross revenue.
Profits; net revenue.
(proceed)
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
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 proceeds and receipt
is that proceeds is revenue; gross revenue while receipt is the act of receiving, or the fact of having been received.As verbs the difference between proceeds and receipt
is that proceeds is (proceed) while receipt is to give or write a receipt (for something).proceeds
English
Noun
(en-plural noun)- They will donate all proceeds -- the entire amount collected in ticket sales -- from the show to charity.
- They will donate net proceeds -- whatever money is left after they pay their expenses -- from the show to charity.
Verb
(head)Anagrams
* English heteronymsreceipt
English
Noun
(en noun)See also
* (l)Verb
(en verb)- to receipt delivered goods
- to receipt a bill