recipiency

[ ri-sip-ee-uhn-see ]

noun

1. the act of receiving; reception.
2. the state or quality of being receptive; receptiveness.

Other Words From

• non·re·cip·i·ence noun
• non·re·cip·i·en·cy noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of recipiency¹

First recorded in 1880–85; recipi(ent) + -ency

Example Sentences

The share of workers who claim unemployment, known as the “recipiency rate,” has declined in recent decades to only about a third of those who lose jobs.

From New York Times

Virginia, which has relatively limited benefits, also has starkly low recipiency rates among the unemployed — with the third-lowest average rate in the nation over the past two decades, the audit found.

From Seattle Times

“In a time when pretty much everybody who’s applying should be eligible, we’re working with a system that got us to a 26 percent recipiency rate,” said Steve Gray, the director of Michigan’s Unemployment Insurance Agency.

From New York Times

Between 1980 and 2011, the DI recipiency rate doubled from 2.3% to 4.7%.

From Forbes

The percipient mind is no mere recipiency or susceptibility with its forms of time and space: it is spontaneously active, it is the source of categories, or is an apperceptive power,—an understanding.

From Project Gutenberg