quittance

[ kwit-ns ]
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noun
  1. recompense or requital.

  2. discharge from a debt or obligation.

  1. a document certifying discharge from debt or obligation, as a receipt.

Origin of quittance

1
1175–1225; Middle English quitaunce<Old French quitance, equivalent to quit(er) to quit1 + -ance-ance

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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 Hindustan
  • He had earned his quittance, and in the nighttime, upon his hands and knees, he crept from the sleepers in the court.

    1492 | Mary Johnston
  • If 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. Proctor
  • I know he is in this wood; and he shall never leave it till he give me quittance for the injury he has done me.

  • For 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

quittance

/ (ˈkwɪtəns) /


noun
  1. release from debt or other obligation

  2. a receipt or other document certifying this

Origin of quittance

1
C13: from Old French, from quitter to release from obligation; see quit

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