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receipt

[ri-seet] / rɪˈsit /




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Perez couldn’t get her balance restored because she didn’t have the original receipt, leaving her to pay out of pocket.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026

He suggests saving copies of a lease agreement and any evidence you actually paid the rent, like a receipt or cancelled check.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 24, 2026

Alias seemed annoyed, having originally asked for £500, and made a show of counting out the notes, but did not provide a receipt.

From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2026

While Congress can condition a state’s receipt of federal funds on compliance with specified conditions, there are limitations to this power.

From Slate ● Sep. 8, 2026

So I pressed £50 and five £10 notes came out of the machine, and a receipt, and I put the notes and the receipt and the card into my pocket.

From "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time" by Mark Haddon

So she started photographing shelf tags and checking them against her receipts.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 31, 2026

Healey, whose official title is chancellor of the exchequer, has also pledged to abide by the rules laid out by his predecessor Rachel Reeves, which state that day-to-day spending must balance with government tax receipts.

From Barron's ● Oct. 28, 2026

But a stock count she conducted herself revealed a significant gap between inventory and sales receipts.

From BBC ● Oct. 25, 2026

Your niece should also hang on to utility bills and receipts from the grocery store and meals out.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 24, 2026

There were order forms for buying HeLa cells online, receipts, newsletters from Deborah’s church, and seemingly endless copies of the photo of Henrietta, hands on hips.

From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot


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