Receipt
Legal Definition and Related Resources of Receipt
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Meaning of Receipt
A written acknowledgment that a certain sum of money or goods stated thereon has been received. Also, in accounting practice, the term denotes moneys that are received as opposed to the expenditures. As a matter of economic concept, it defers from income since a receipt includes capital and income does not. Hamilton Nat. Bank v district of Columbia, 156 F.2d 843, 81 U.S. App. D.C.200. Also the act of receiving; the fact of receiving or being received; that which is received. state v Texas Co., 116 S.W.2d 583, 173 Tenn. 154.
Synonyms of Receipt
(Act of receiving), noun
acceptance
acceptio
accession
acquirement
acquisition
admittance
assumption
attainment
gain
income
intake
obtainment
possession
reception
recipience
Associated Concepts: receipt of dividend
receipt of lettersforeign phrases: Quicquid recipitur
recipitur secundum modum recipientis
Whatever is received is received in accordance with the intention of the recipient
(Proof of receiving), noun
acknowledgment of payment
acquittance
apocha
certificate of deposit
discharge
proof of delivery
proof of payment
quittance
release
signed notice
slip
stub
voucher
Associated Concepts: receipt in full
receipt of payment
rent receipt
warehouse receipt
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Adequate Notice, Annuity Contract, Bank Book, Bill Of Lading, Bill Of Sale, Conceal, Hereof, Interlocutory, Letter, Post Office, Settlement, Treasury.
Concept of Receipt in the context of Real Property
A short definition of Receipt: A written acknowledgement or admission that something has been received. Has no other legal effect, and does not in itself affirm any contractual obligation.
Concept of Receipt in the context of Real Property
A short definition of Receipt: A written acknowledgement or admission that something has been received. Has no other legal effect, and does not in itself affirm any contractual obligation.
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