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receipting

receipting

3.7
Recording and giving a paper or electronic slip to show a payment arrived
  • noun
  • /rɪˈsiːtɪŋ/
  • Formal
translation icon : registro de recibos
  • Digital receipting has liberated Nordstrom clerks, allowing them to check out a customer anywhere in the store on dedicated mobile devices.

Examples

  • Your receipting and acknowledgment process is the baseline.

    Blog text (21)
  • Subsections 248(30) to (41), the so-called "split-receipting" rules, have been introduced to bridge the gap between the common law and civil law definitions of gift.

    Blog text (22)
  • Usually, this entailed my receipting evidence to the various labs upstairs.

    Fiction book (1990)
  • The receipting of packages is crucial for ensuring that all items are accounted for upon delivery.

  • After completing the receipting process, the accountant filed all the receipts for future reference.

  • Proper receipting of donations helps charities keep track of their contributions and financial records.

Antonyms

61 4.2

Not paying attention to something on purpose

Surface Forms

receipting singular
receiptings plural

Morphology

receipting = receipt (semi-transparent) = receipt + ing

This is a regular -ing nominalization of 'receipt', but the official record-keeping sense is somewhat specialized.

Etymology

Receipting comes from the same root as receive and receipt, words that mean 'to get' or 'to take'. So receipting is the act of officially recording that you have received something, for example by making a paper note or an entry that proves a payment.