This section is from the book "The Home Cyclopedia Of Business", by Charles Morris. Also available from Amazon: Home Cyclopedia of Necessary Knowledge.
A Receipt is a written acknowledgment, signed by the receiver and delivered to the giver, showing that certain property (money or goods, or both) has been received.
RENTAL RECEIPT.
Every word which expresses number, unless connected with preceding word by a hyphen, may or may not begin with a capital. But there should be uniformity in this particular in papers drawn by same parties. The amount of money received is. written in figures in the left-hand corner.
There are three kinds of receipts: (1) Receipts in Full; (2) Receipts on Account, and (3) Receipts to Apply on Particular Accounts.
The first is given when the payment is a complete settlement; the second, when partial payment of a debt is made; the third, when there are more accounts than one between the persons, and the payment is intended to apply to a particular one.
$457 00/100. Akron, O., Jan. 12,1901.
Received from George B. Waterson, Four
Hundred Fifty-seven Dollars, in Full of all Demands.
Albert S. Lucien.
$341 00/100. Wilmington, Dela., Nov. 16,1901. Received from Lyman D. Willard, Three Hundred Forty-one Dollars, on account. Charles F. Gibson,
Per Anna Brown.
(3) $375 75/100. Portland, Ore., Aug. 17, 1901. Received from B. Braddock, Three Hundred Seventy-five 75/100 Dollars, to apply on rent of house.
Frank Berry.
[bill op sale] In Consideration of
Two Hundred Seventy-four . . . DOLLARS, receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, I, S. D. Haag, of County of Erie and State of Pennsylvania, do hereby sell and convey unto Peter Cline, of County of Erie, and State of Pennsylvania, the following described personal property.
Dark Bay Horse, "Nepos," 17 1/2 Hands High, 1600 lbs. weight, with star on forehead and white on right hind foot.
And I do hereby covenant and agree to warrant and defend the above described personal property against the lawful claim9 af all persons.
Signed this 5th day of May, A.D. 1902,
S. D. Haag.
 
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