quittance
recompense or requital.
discharge from a debt or obligation.
a document certifying discharge from debt or obligation, as a receipt.
Origin of quittance
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How to use quittance in a sentence
The bearer of the stamp (tamgh) who by impressing it gave quittance for the payment of tolls and other dues.
The Bbur-nma in English | Babur, Emperor of HindustanHe had earned his quittance, and in the nighttime, upon his hands and knees, he crept from the sleepers in the court.
1492 | Mary JohnstonIf the thing should not come to pass, "omittance is no quittance" (ce qui est différé, n'est pas perdu).
Myths and Marvels of Astronomy | Richard A. ProctorI know he is in this wood; and he shall never leave it till he give me quittance for the injury he has done me.
Old Celtic Romances | UnknownFor no tenant, thinks I, will be fool enough to withold payment when he may get his quittance to-morrow for half its value.
A Set of Rogues | Frank Barrett
British Dictionary definitions for quittance
/ (ˈkwɪtəns) /
release from debt or other obligation
a receipt or other document certifying this
Origin of quittance
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