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Definition of quittance in English: quittancenoun ˈkwɪt(ə)nsˈkwɪtns archaic, literary 1A release or discharge from a debt or obligation. will any say when my bell of quittance is heard in the gloom? Example sentencesExamples - After quittances involving debt payments, perhaps the next largest number of documents involving Jews were concerned with buying defense against outrageous fees and licensing.
Synonyms paying off, paying back, discharge, clearing, squaring, honouring - 1.1 A document certifying this; a receipt.
Origin Middle English: from Old French quitance, from quiter 'to release' (see quit1). Rhymes acquittance, admittance, intermittence, pittance, remittance Definition of quittance in US English: quittancenounˈkwitnsˈkwɪtns literary, archaic 1A release or discharge from a debt or obligation. will any say when my bell of quittance is heard in the gloom? Example sentencesExamples - After quittances involving debt payments, perhaps the next largest number of documents involving Jews were concerned with buying defense against outrageous fees and licensing.
Synonyms paying off, paying back, discharge, clearing, squaring, honouring - 1.1 A document certifying this; a receipt.
Origin Middle English: from Old French quitance, from quiter ‘to release’ (see quit). |