quittance
/ˈkwɪt(ə)ns
/noun archaic or literary
1A release or discharge from a debt or obligation: will any say when my bell of quittance is heard in the gloom?...
- After quittances involving debt payments, perhaps the next largest number of documents involving Jews were concerned with buying defense against outrageous fees and licensing.
1.1A document certifying this; a receipt.
Origin
Middle English: from Old French quitance, from quiter 'to release' (see quit1).