Recognizance vs Receipt - What's the difference?
recognizance | receipt |
(legal) a form of bail; a promise made by the accused to the court that he/she will attend all required judicial proceedings and will not engage in further illegal activity or other prohibited conduct as set by the court.
:The defendant was released on his own recognizance .
A token; a symbol; a pledge.
*1603 , , by William Shakespeare
acknowledgment of a person or thing; avowal; profession; recognition
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 recognizance and receipt
is that recognizance is (legal) a form of bail; a promise made by the accused to the court that he/she will attend all required judicial proceedings and will not engage in further illegal activity or other prohibited conduct as set by the court 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).recognizance
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(wikipedia recognizance)Noun
(en noun)- That recognizance and pledge of love / Which I first gave her.
receipt
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Noun
(en noun)See also
* (l)Verb
(en verb)- to receipt delivered goods
- to receipt a bill