quittance
noun
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Pronunciation: /ˈkwɪtəns/
noun
Etymology: From Middle English quytaunce, from Old French quitance (modern French quittance), from Latin quietantia. The verb is derived from the noun.
- A release or acquittal.
- 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.”
- Recompense; return; repayment.
“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.”
“[…] Plutus, the god of gold, Is but his steward: no meed but he repays Sevenfold above itself; no gift to him But breeds the giver a return exceeding All use of quittance.”
verb
Etymology: From Middle English quytaunce, from Old French quitance (modern French quittance), from Latin quietantia. The verb is derived from the noun.
- To acquit; to repay.