late 14c., "act of receiving;" also "statement of ingredients in a potion or medicine;" from Anglo-French or Old North French receite "receipt, recipe, prescription" (c. 1300), altered (by influence of receit "he receives," from Vulgar Latin *recipit) from Old French recete, from Latin recepta "received," fem. past participle of recipere (see receive). Meaning "written acknowledgment of money or goods received" is from c. 1600.
中文解释
1、re- "back" + -ceiv- + -e.2、receive => receit => receipt [based on analogy of deceit (from deceive) and conceit (from conceive)].2、字面含义：take back. => written acknowledgment of money or goods received.
实用例句
1. I'm going to make out a receipt for you.
我开一张收据给你。
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2. Snape wrote a receipt with a gold fountain pen.
斯内普用金笔开了一张收据。
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3. Proof of postage will not be accepted as proof of receipt.
邮资单据不能当作收据。
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4. She put the receipt into the innermost pocket of her bag.
她把收据放在提包最里面的口袋里。
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5. Get my wife to write you out a receipt before you leave.