recede

verb (I)

1 if something you can see or hear recedes, it gets further and further away until it disappears

(+ into): footsteps receding into the distance

2 if a memory, feeling, or possibility recedes, it gradually goes away: As the threat of attack receded, village life returned to normal.

3 if water recedes, it moves back from an area that it was covering: Flood waters finally began to recede in November.

4 if your hair recedes, you gradually lose the hair at the front of your head: receding hairline: Ian is getting self-conscious about his receding hairline.

5 receding chin a chin that slopes backwards

receipt /rI'si:t/ noun

1 (C) a written statement that you give to someone, showing that you have received money or goods from them: Keep all your receipts for work-related expenses. | make out a receipt (=write a receipt)

2 (U) formal the act or fact of receiving something

(+ of): Receipt of benefits is permitted for up to 12 months. | be in receipt of formal (=to have received something): We are now in receipt of your letter of the 17th. | on/upon receipt of formal (=when you have received something): On receipt of your instructions, we will dispatch the goods.

3 receipts (plural) technical the money that a business, bank, or government receives: total revenue receipts of $18.4 million