quittance
Americannoun
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recompense or requital.
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discharge from a debt or obligation.
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a document certifying discharge from debt or obligation, as a receipt.
noun
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release from debt or other obligation
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a receipt or other document certifying this
Etymology
Origin of quittance
1175–1225; Middle English quitaunce < Old French quitance, equivalent to quit ( er ) to quit 1 + -ance -ance
Example Sentences
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After a brief greeting, I told him his business was done, and handed him the quittance I had received from Hawkwood.
From The Honour of Savelli A Romance by S. (Sidney) Levett-Yeats
That forthwith he had come to the theatre and delivered up the play, with such expressions of penitence and shame that they could not forbear to give him full quittance for his fault.
From Judith Shakespeare Her love affairs and other adventures by William Black
“That is a quittance for the chain,” he cried.
From The Great Mogul by Louis Tracy
Had you but been courteous to me I would have rewarded you well; now take your money, give me a quittance, and I will take my lands once more.
From Hero-Myths & Legends of the British Race by M. I. (Maud Isabel) Ebbutt
Having paid quittance, he was at liberty to be absorbed in his books.
From Somehow Good by William Frend De Morgan
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