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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In the first place, the quittance for our board and lodging.”
From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 20 (of 25) by Stevenson, Robert Louis
“That is a quittance for the chain,” he cried.
From The Great Mogul by Tracy, Louis
Thus, silver certificates, without being "legal tender," are a means of legal quittance from obligations to the Federal Government.
From The Value of Money by Anderson, Benjamin M.
We will acknowledge your title as good, and we will demand of you quittance for the above sum, which you will grant us as king of France.
From A Source Book of Medi?val History Documents Illustrative of European Life and Institutions from the German Invasions to the Renaissance by Ogg, Frederic Austin
We were well quit of George Glen and his gang, though the price of the quittance was heavy.
From The Watchers A Novel by Mason, A. E. W. (Alfred Edward Woodley)
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