Found 2 items, similar to Quittance.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: quittance
quittance
n 1: a document or receipt certifying release from an obligation
or debt
2: payment of a debt or obligation [syn:
repayment]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Quittance
Quittance
\Quit"tance\ (kw[i^]t"tans), n. [OE. quitaunce, OF.
quitance, F. quittance. See
Quit, v. t.]
1. Discharge from a debt or an obligation; acquittance.
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Omittance is no quittance. --Shak.
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2. Recompense; return; repayment. [Obs.] --Shak.
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Quittance
\Quit"tance\, v. t.
To repay; to requite. [Obs.] --Shak.
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