quittance

[ kwit-ns ]

/ ˈkwɪt ns /

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noun

recompense or requital.

discharge from a debt or obligation.

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

Origin of quittance

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

Words nearby quittance

quite a bit, Quito, qui transtulit sustinet, quitrent, quits, quittance, quitted trick, quitter, quittor, quit while one's ahead, quiver

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Example sentences from the Web for quittance

The portrait has the look of being designed as a quittance in full of old scores.
Atlantic Monthly, Volume 2, Issue 10, August, 1858|Various
He must have legal purgation, discharge, release from custody, quittance.
Napoleon the Little|Victor Hugo
Hereat the brewer did wonder, and desired to see the quittance.
The Sources and Analogues of 'A Midsummer-night's Dream'|Compiled by Frank Sidgwick
No gipsy shall cut the value of a broom—no boy so much as take a bird's nest—without paying thee a quittance.
Kenilworth|Sir Walter Scott

Very good, then, Master Tibbald: if you will pay the Council that sum, its secretary shall make you out a note of quittance.'
Merry-Garden and Other Stories|Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch

British Dictionary definitions for quittance

quittance

/ (ˈkwɪtəns) /

noun

release from debt or other obligation

a receipt or other document certifying this

Word Origin for quittance

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

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

单词	quittance
释义	quittance [ kwit-ns ] / ˈkwɪt ns / SEE SYNONYMS FOR quittance ON THESAURUS.COM noun recompense or requital. discharge from a debt or obligation. a document certifying discharge from debt or obligation, as a receipt. Origin of quittance 1175–1225; Middle English quitaunce<Old French quitance, equivalent to quit(er) to quit¹ + -ance-ance Words nearby quittance quite a bit, Quito, qui transtulit sustinet, quitrent, quits, quittance, quitted trick, quitter, quittor, quit while one's ahead, quiver Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for quittance The portrait has the look of being designed as a quittance in full of old scores. Atlantic Monthly, Volume 2, Issue 10, August, 1858\|Various He must have legal purgation, discharge, release from custody, quittance. Napoleon the Little\|Victor Hugo Hereat the brewer did wonder, and desired to see the quittance. The Sources and Analogues of 'A Midsummer-night's Dream'\|Compiled by Frank Sidgwick No gipsy shall cut the value of a broom—no boy so much as take a bird's nest—without paying thee a quittance. Kenilworth\|Sir Walter Scott Very good, then, Master Tibbald: if you will pay the Council that sum, its secretary shall make you out a note of quittance.' Merry-Garden and Other Stories\|Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch British Dictionary definitions for quittance quittance / (ˈkwɪtəns) / noun release from debt or other obligation a receipt or other document certifying this Word Origin for quittance C13: from Old French, from quitter to release from obligation; see quit Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to quittance reprisal, satisfaction, redress, shake, take, settlement, restitution, wage, fee, deserts, profit, pay, benefit, honorarium, reciprocity, atonement, requital, payoff, earnings, reparation
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quittance

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