A receipt is a paper or digital record showing that money or goods were received.
The idea
Receipt is countable: a receipt, two receipts. Use a receipt for the book to name the purchase, or send a receipt by email for the delivery method.
Examples
- Can I have a receipt, please?
- She kept the receipt for the book.
- The shop sent the receipt by email.
- He put two receipts in his bag.
- This receipt shows the date and price.
- Please check the receipt before you leave.
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A receipt records a transaction; a recipe gives cooking instructions. The words have different meanings and spellings.
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Choose the plural after two. He kept two ___. (receipt / receipts)
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receipts
Receipts is plural after two.
Choose the preposition before the purchase. She kept the receipt ___ the book. (for / from)
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for
For introduces the purchase the receipt relates to.
Choose the word for a transaction record. A payment record is a ___. (receipt / recipe)
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receipt
A receipt records a transaction; a recipe gives instructions.
Practice round
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Choose the plural after two. He kept two ___. (receipt / receipts)
Choose the preposition before the purchase. She kept the receipt ___ the book. (for / from)
Choose the word for a transaction record. A payment record is a ___. (receipt / recipe)
Tap the words in the right order.
Tap the words in the right order.
Tap the words in the right order.
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Ask for a receipt and name one detail you would check on it.