单词 | receiptless |
释义 | receiptlessadj. Not receipted, for which a receipt is not given; characterized by the absence of a receipt. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > management of money > keeping accounts > account or statement of > [adjective] > receipted > not unreceipted1837 receiptless1873 1873 R. Broughton Nancy III. 74 Gnashing his teeth..at his exasperated creditors and receiptless bills. 1953 E. O. Akak Bribery & Corruption in Nigeria 87 The selling price is thus raised higher to cover the extra receiptless taxes. 1965 Independent Star-News (Pasadena, Calif.) 25 July 6/5 Under the proposed receiptless method, the county will send a taxpayer a simplified ‘ticket’ for a tax bill. 2001 C. Whitehead John Henry Days iii. 151 He calculated that to be a forty-five minute walk, and here it is, not so bad at all..a receiptless span of time. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1873 |
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