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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“That is a quittance for the chain,” he cried.
From The Great Mogul by Tracy, Louis
Whatever gives legal quittance from contract obligation, or from legal obligation as for taxes, performs this function.
From The Value of Money by Anderson, Benjamin M.
"Omittance is no quittance," said Schalk, darting up at his half-brother a venomous look.
From Tales of the Caravan, Inn, and Palace by Hauff, Wilhelm
The deputy turned over his charge to him, received his quittance, and went away.
From Robert Tournay A Romance of the French Revolution by Sage, William
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 Levett-Yeats, S. (Sidney)
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