The phrase "a receipt was given" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts where you want to indicate that a receipt has been provided to someone, typically after a transaction.
Example: "After the purchase was completed, a receipt was given to the customer for their records."
Alternatives: "a receipt was issued" or "a receipt was provided."
Consumers who bring in an item and the receipt are given a new slip that estimates the amount that their credit card will be credited after a return shipping charge and any fee for new packaging have been applied.
Indeed no receipt is given for this transaction.
Worldwide box-office receipts were given an almighty boost in 2009-10 withethe success of Cameron's Avatar.
Reid claimed in his diary that he had challenged Karim over his financial dealings: "You have told the Queen that in India no receipts are given for money, and therefore you ought not to give any to Sir F Edwards [Keeper of the Privy Purse].
A receipt that Erhaim was given for the passport states: "Document reported as stolen". Erhaim, who is travelling to the UK for an event with the BBC's Kate Adie at the Kew literary festival, said it contained her name, photograph and fingerprint.
She still guards in her purse the printed receipt she was given on September 24.
For these works, a collector paid Klein a set price and was given a receipt for the sum.
When I checked out of the hotel, I was given a receipt, but by accident, the hotel gave me a receipt with the rate it had charged Priceline for my room, rather than what Priceline had charged me.
When you make the appointment, you will be required to provide the Client ID number displayed on your learner's permit and the receipt number that was given to you when you paid the road test fee.
However, I had to go through the whole booking process again and was given a receipt for an estimated rental cost of £207.45, which was blocked on my card". The several hours' delay meant the pair got stuck in heavy traffic leaving London, and missed an important family meeting on the eve of the wedding, which took place last month.
