an occasion of receiving or being received; money received (in a business etc); a written statement that money or goods has or have been received
acknowledgment of delivery
Cases of word usage
1) a section of a check, receipt etc kept by the sender as a record (counterfoil)
2) money received during a given period (as salary, receipt from trade, interest from investment etc) (income)
3) a receipt or document used instead of money (voucher)
