means A written or printed acknowledgment that money, goods, or a transaction has been received.

from From Old French 'recete' and Latin 'recepta,' the feminine past participle of 'recipere' (to receive) — itself 're-' (back) plus 'capere' (to take). The silent 'p' was smuggled in by Renaissance scholars keen to flag the Latin root, which is why we still write it but never say it. The same Latin verb gives us 'recipe,' and indeed old cookbooks once called their instructions 'receipts' — proof that taking-back and taking-in were long the same idea.