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receipts

receipts

3.2
Total money received before costs are taken away
  • noun
  • /rɪˈsiːts/
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  • First, the OBR expects tax receipts to be stronger, a sign that our economy is healthier than thought.

Examples

  • Some have pointed to lower tax receipts and put forward policies for higher taxes.

  • After the charity event, they collected all the ticket receipts to calculate the total donations.

  • The money has to come to our federation and you turn receipts in for your cost of living.

  • Here is all my receipts from April of all the products that I bought to review for YouTube.

  • Not to mention the bills, receipts, notes, packages, bags, and pocket scraps, all of which accumulate with ease.

  • They're not questioning your receipts, they're questioning you claim this as your meals expense.

  • It allows you to track your hours, track your expenses, log invoices and receipts while you're out, and you can even send invoices to your clients in just seconds.

  • The accountant reviewed all the tax receipts to ensure the income was accurately reported.

  • At the end of the month, she organized her receipts to track her expenses before budgeting.

Synonyms

income
vsreceipts
1.2

Money a person or family receives regularly from work and investments

is any total received, not limited to regular earned sums
revenue
vsreceipts
  • Specialized
352 3.4

Money a business gets from sales before paying costs

is the non-business general total received before deductions
gross
vsreceipts
  • Specialized
10 3.2

The total money received before costs or taxes are taken away

is the general term for total money received before deductions
proceeds
vsreceipts
4.2

Money received from a sale or an event

are broader, covering overall totals not only specific sales
incomings
vsreceipts
  • UK
3.7

Money that a person or business receives, especially as income

refers specifically to total monetary amounts rather than items or arrivals

Antonyms

524 2.7

An amount of money spent for work or business

How Much

turnover
  • UK
15 4.1
revenue
  • Specialized
484 3.8
income
1.2
receipts
3.2
takings
4.8

Surface Forms

receipt singular
receipts plural

Morphology

receipts = receipt (transparent) = receipt + s

The plural form 'receipts' is transparently derived from 'receipt' by adding the plural suffix '-s'.

Etymology

The word receipts comes from a root that means 'to receive', the same root you see in receive, so it originally meant what was received. That's why receipts can mean the money a business has received.