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The History of Receipt and Recipe
These days it may seem odd to speak of "grandma's cookie receipt," but in the past, receipt was a synonym of recipe. Early use of receipt refers to medicinal preparations. Recipe didn't arrive until the 1500s, and it too was first used to describe a formula for medicine. In time, both words gained use in cookery, after which recipe slowly became the preferred word. Receipt later acquired its more familiar sense of "a writing acknowledging the receiving of goods or money." Both words, receipt and recipe, ultimately derive from Latin recipere ("to receive").
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Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 12 Jan. 2025
While the Act does not currently mandate the issuance or receipt of e-invoices for business transactions, this provision ensures businesses are equipped with the necessary infrastructure should e-invoicing become mandatory in the future.
—Aleksandra Bal, Forbes, 12 Jan. 2025
Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 4 Jan. 2025
The institute's 2024 report found that physicians across Canada reported a median wait time of 30 weeks between a referral from a general practitioner to receipt of treatment.
—Stephan Pechdimaldji, Newsweek, 13 Dec. 2024
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“Receipt.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/receipt. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.
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