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RECEIPTS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The entire amount of income before any deductions are made
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession
Hypernyms ("receipts" is a kind of...):
amount; amount of money; sum; sum of money (a quantity of money)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "receipts"):
box office (total admission receipts for an entertainment)
gate (total admission receipts at a sports event)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Present simple (third person singular) of the verb receipt
Context examples:
90 percent of purchase tickets and receipts, those whose ink is erased after some time because they are made of ‘thermal paper’, contain bisphenol A (BPA), a well‑known endocrine disruptor that alters hormonal balance in people exposed to it, and it leads to hormonal diseases such as genitourinary malformations, infertility, obesity and cancer in hormone‑dependent organs (such as breast cancer).
(Purchase receipts with easily erasable ink contain cancer- and infertility inducing substances, University of Granada)
Speaking of taxes, you may be motivated to complete your 2019 taxes and begin to gather your receipts to send to your accountant.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
Thermal paper receipts are easily identified by the customer since they are those receipts that, after some time, lose what they have printed on them and, when you are going to return the trousers you bought, the cashiers tell you that they cannot see anything.
(Purchase receipts with easily erasable ink contain cancer- and infertility inducing substances, University of Granada)
A perfect way to use the full moon February 8 (or 9 depending on your time zone) in Leo at 20 degrees is to get documents and receipts ready for your accountant to file your 2019 tax return.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
