Receipt vs Voucher - What's the difference?
As nouns the difference between receipt and voucher is that receipt is the act of receiving, or the fact of having been received while voucher is a piece of paper that entitles the holder to a discount, or that can be exchanged for goods and services. As verbs the difference between receipt and voucher is that receipt is to give or write a receipt (for something) while voucher is to establish the authenticity of; to vouch for.
receipt
English
Noun
(en noun )
The act of receiving, or the fact of having been received.
*(William Shakespeare) (c.1564–1616)
*:at the receipt of your letter
(label) The fact of having received a blow, injury etc.
*, Bk.VI, Ch.xvi:
*:And therewith Sir Launcelot gate all his armoure as well as he myght and put hit upon hym for drede of more resseite .
(label) A quantity or amount received; takings.
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A written acknowledgment that a specified article or sum of money has been received.
A recipe, instructions, prescription.
*Sir (Thomas Browne) (1605-1682)
*:She had a receipt to make white hair black.
(label) A receptacle.
(label) A revenue office.
(label) Reception, as an act of hospitality.
*(George Chapman) (1559-1634)
*:thy kind receipt of me
(label) Capability of receiving; capacity.
*(John Evelyn) (1620-1706)
*:It has become a place of great receipt .
(label) A recess; a retired place.
*(George Chapman) (1559-1634)
*:in a retired receipt together lay
Verb
(en verb )
To give or write a receipt (for something)
- to receipt delivered goods
To put a receipt on, as by writing or stamping; to mark a bill as having been paid
- to receipt a bill
See also
* rcpt
* sales slip
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voucher
English
Noun
(en noun )
A piece of paper that entitles the holder to a discount, or that can be exchanged for goods and services.
A receipt.
One who or that which vouches.
* 1836 , The New Sporting Magazine (volume 11, page 227)
- To the fashionable world he cannot be a stranger and his having married a sister of the Duke of Leeds is a voucher for my assertion.
Synonyms
* (piece of paper that entitles the holder to a discount) coupon
Derived terms
* gift voucher
Verb
(en verb )
To establish the authenticity of; to vouch for.
To provide a vouch for (an expenditure).
To provide (a beneficiary) with a voucher.
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