26984 words

receipts

3 definitions • 9 examples
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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