receipt

reçu, ticket de caisse

Document papier ou électronique attestant la réception d’argent ou de biens, généralement pour prouver un paiement.

En anglais simple : A paper or electronic record showing that money or goods have been received, usually as proof of payment.

• Can I have a receipt, please?
• She kept the receipt in her wallet.
• The shop emails receipts to its customers.

Comment l'utiliser : receipt for something (Keep the receipt for your new shoes.)

Expressions courantes : keep a receipt, receipt for something, ask for a receipt

réception

Fait de recevoir quelque chose qui a été envoyé ou donné.

En anglais simple : The act of getting something that has been sent or given to you.

• Please acknowledge receipt of this letter.
• Payment is due on receipt of the goods.
• They confirmed receipt of my application yesterday.

Comment l'utiliser : receipt of something (Please confirm receipt of these documents.); on/upon receipt of something (We will reply upon receipt of your application.)

Synonymes : reception

Expressions courantes : on receipt of, acknowledge receipt, receipt of something

recettes

Somme d’argent reçue par une entreprise ou un organisme ; le mot anglais s’emploie généralement au pluriel.

En anglais simple : An amount of money received by a business or organization, usually described in the plural.

• Daily receipts reached five thousand pounds.
• The company reported higher sales receipts this year.
• Tax receipts fell during the recession.

Comment l'utiliser : receipts from something (Receipts from ticket sales covered the costs.)

Synonymes : takings, revenue, income

Expressions courantes : gross receipts, tax receipts, cash receipts, receipt from something

délivrer un reçu

Fournir un document écrit confirmant la réception d’argent ou de biens.

En anglais simple : To provide a written record confirming that money or goods have been received.

• The cashier receipted the payment.
• Please receipt every cash donation.
• The warehouse receipted the goods when they arrived.

Expressions courantes : receipt a payment, receipt delivered goods, receipt a donation

acquitter

Inscrire une mention ou apposer un tampon sur une facture pour indiquer qu’elle a été payée.

En anglais simple : To write or stamp on a bill to show that it has been paid.

• The clerk receipted the bill.
• Please receipt the invoice after payment.
• All these bills have been receipted.

Synonymes : mark as paid

Expressions courantes : receipt a bill, receipt an invoice