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Receipt

Meaning in business english, with examples

/rɪˈsiːt/nounCore term

In business english, receipt means: A piece of paper or an email that proves you have paid for something, showing what you bought, the price and the date.

In Turkish: fiş, makbuz, ödeme belgesi

How it is used

Essential on business trips: keep your receipts for taxis, meals and hotels to claim the money back. Finance teams may reject expenses 'without a receipt'. 'Acknowledge receipt' in formal emails means 'confirm you received it'.

Example sentences

  1. Please attach all receipts to your expense report, including taxi receipts.

  2. I lost the hotel receipt, so I've asked them to email me a copy.

Common collocations

  • keep the receipt
  • ask for a receipt
  • original receipt
  • receipt for something
  • acknowledge receipt
  • expense reportA form or online report that lists the work-related money you have spent, with receipts, so that the company can pay you back.
  • reimburseTo pay back money that someone has spent, especially money spent on work-related costs such as travel or meals.
  • invoiceA document sent by a seller that lists the goods or services provided and states how much the buyer must pay and by when.
  • business tripA journey you make for your job, for example to visit clients, attend a conference or work in another office.

This word in other fields

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