"gift receipt" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: gift receipts [plural]
Etymology: This is similar to a receipt (produced by a store and presented to a purchaser as proof of purchase) but meant to passed to the purchased item's later, third-party recipient: that way, the recipient can return the gift to the store as needed, but does not immediately know the price that the purchaser paid. Head templates: {{en-noun}} gift receipt (plural gift receipts)
  1. A record of a purchase, similar to a receipt but lacking indication of price. Translations (record of purchase sans price): פתק החלפה (Hebrew)
    Sense id: en-gift_receipt-en-noun-6m5caZ5n Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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