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单词 quittance
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Definition of quittance in English:

quittance

noun 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. 1.1 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:

quittance

nounˈkwitnsˈkwɪtns
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. 1.1 A document certifying this; a receipt.

Origin

Middle English: from Old French quitance, from quiter ‘to release’ (see quit).

 
 
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