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Receipt

2 stages from Medieval Latin to English.

Today it means a written acknowledgment that a payment has been made or goods received
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Stage 1 of 2
recepta
Medieval Latin · medieval
"a thing received"
a thing received, from recipere (to receive)
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Stage 2 of 2
receipt
English · 1300s
"a written acknowledgment of payment or goods received"
settled as the English word for a written acknowledgment of something received
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