QUITTANCE

repayment, quittance

(noun) payment of a debt or obligation

quittance

(noun) a document or receipt certifying release from an obligation or debt

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

quittance (plural quittances)

A release or acquittal.

A discharge from a debt or obligation; a document that shows this discharge.

(obsolete) Recompense; return; repayment.

Source: Wiktionary


Quit"tance, n. Etym: [OE. quitaunce, OF. quitance, F. quittance. See Quit, v. t.]

1. Discharge from a debt or an obligation; acquittance. Omittance is no quittance. Shak.

2. Recompense; return; repayment. [Obs.] Shak.

Quit"tance, v. t.

Definition: To repay; to requite. [Obs.] Shak.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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