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Quittance

//ˈkwɪtəns// noun, verb

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Noun
  1. 1
    A release or acquittal.
  2. 2
    payment of a debt or obligation wordnet
  3. 3
    A discharge from a debt or obligation; a document that shows this discharge.

    "I marvel why I answer’d not again; But that’s all one: omittance is no quittance."

  4. 4
    a document or receipt certifying release from an obligation or debt wordnet
  5. 5
    Recompense; return; repayment. obsolete

    "Qu[een]. Ah Mortimer! now breaks the kings hate forth, And he confesseth that he loues me not. Mor[timer] iu[nior]. Crie quittance Madam then, & loue not him."

Verb
  1. 1
    To acquit; to repay. obsolete, transitive

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English quytaunce, from Old French quitance (modern French quittance), from Latin quietantia. The verb is derived from the noun.

Etymology 2

From Middle English quytaunce, from Old French quitance (modern French quittance), from Latin quietantia. The verb is derived from the noun.

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