English → Latin
“receipt” in Latin
acceptiōacceptance; esteem; partialityaccipiōto receive, accept, take; to receive, accept, or take in something so as to alter one’s mental or physical state; to heaapochareceipt, quittancepraeceptumteaching, lesson; precept; order, commanddōnātiōA donation, gift; An instance of giving, presentingafferōto carry forth; to bring forth; conduct; to bring, bear, convey or carry information, report, announce, inform, publish,expendōto weigh; to pay out; to judge
The English word receipt itself goes back to Latin capiō, through receptus.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
receipt
Act of receiving, acceptio (opposed to deditio, donatio); or by circumlocution with accipere: after the receipt of the money pecunia accepta: after receipt of your letter, litteris tuis acceptis or allatis: to certify the receipt of anything, testor me accepisse aliquid: to enter the receipt of anything in a book, acceptum referre aliquid.
Money received, acceptum (opposed to datum or expensum): receipts and expenses are equal, ratio par est acceptorum et datorum.
Acknowledgement of payment, apocha (ἀποχή, general term for receipt), or accepti latio: *apocha manu sigilloque firmata: *litterae rei acceptse or traditae testes.
Prescription (in cookery), *praeceptum.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for receipt?
- The usual Latin words for “receipt” are acceptiō, accipiō, apocha; also praeceptum, dōnātiō, afferō. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.