Synonyms for quittance

Grammar : Noun

Spell : kwit-ns

Phonetic Transcription : ˈkwɪt ns

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Définition of quittance

Origin : c.1200, "payment, compensation;" c.1300, "discharge from an obligation," from Old French quitance (Modern French quittance), from quiter (see quit (v.)).

noun compensation

Example sentences :

He must have legal purgation, discharge, release from custody, quittance.
Extract from : « Napoleon the Little » by Victor Hugo

I may yet cry 'quittance; Though now I suffer, and dare not resist.
Extract from : « The Mirror of Taste, and Dramatic Censor, Vol. I, No. 4, April 1810 » by Various

The guerdon; the quittance; could it be possible after all, the end was not far?
Extract from : « Under the Rose » by Frederic Stewart Isham

Himself, nay—he sent it to me; but I gave the quittance as to Mr Louvaine.
Extract from : « It Might Have Been » by Emily Sarah Holt

The man was a bankrupt; but still he had given her all he had to give, a quittance.
Extract from : « The Talk of the Town, Volume 2 (of 2) » by James Payn

I've sent him his quittance papers, and he's your enemy for all time.
Extract from : « A Captain in the Ranks » by George Cary Eggleston

But "legal tender" money is not always an adequate means of quittance.
Extract from : « The Value of Money » by Benjamin M. Anderson, Jr.

In a few minutes I should receive a quittance, and be free to think only of myself.
Extract from : « A Gentleman of France » by Stanley Weyman

I beg that you will give me this quittance, for it may serve me.'
Extract from : « A Gentleman of France » by Stanley Weyman

If this is right, please let me have a formal receipt and quittance.
Extract from : « Swirling Waters » by Max Rittenberg

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