Shopping / A1

ri-SEET/rɪˈsiːt/

A receipt is a piece of paper (or an email) that shows what you bought and paid. Keep the receipt if you want to take something back. A recipe tells you how to cook — a classic mix-up. Recipe is food; receipt is shopping. Countable: a receipt.

Meaning

A piece of paper that shows what you bought and paid.

Examples

• “Keep the receipt in case you take it back.”
• “Can I have a receipt, please?”
• “The receipt is in the bag.”

Good to know

keep / ask for a receipt. Mix-up: recipe (cooking). Countable.

Topics

New