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1
the
amounts
of money
received
during a
particular
period
by a
business
:
Examples:
receipts for The theatre's receipts for the
winter
were
badly
down.
The movie's box-office receipts have
passed
the $5
million
mark
.
The US was once again
top
of the
tourism
receipts
table
with
overseas
visitors
spending
70.1
billion
dollars
.
It will
cost
us at least $5,000 in lost
gate
receipts.
For this
season
, receipts are down 5
percent
and
attendance
down 8
percent
.
2
proof
of something:
Examples:
The
Governor
says he has the receipts to
prove
the
president
never called him.
He
allegedly
hit on a woman on Instagram, and she
shared
the receipts.
3
the
amount
of money
received
during a
particular
period
by a
business
or
government
:
Examples:
tax
receipts
box-office receipts
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