acquittance
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And here--for I cannot transact business with thee without a receipt--on this wax tablet I have written the acquittance.
From Felicitas A Tale of the German Migrations: A.D. 476 by Dahn, Felix
But the burdens upon landed property rose so high, that for a long time, land together with house and farm, bore little value, and sometimes were offered in vain as acquittance for service and imposts.
From Pictures of German Life in the XVth XVIth and XVIIth Centuries, Vol. II. by Freytag, Gustav
In a deliberate body, to receive in acquittance of a duty imposed; as, to accept the report of a committee.
From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary by Webster, Noah
"I understand," broke in Grog; "the purchase-money was never placed to the Viscount's credit, and your friend Dunn wants an acquittance in full of the claim."
From Davenport Dunn, Volume 2 (of 2) A Man Of Our Day by Lever, Charles James
That this little foggy island of England should have given birth to such a man is of itself a moiety of our acquittance among the nations.
From The Three Devils: Luther's, Milton's, and Goethe's With Other Essays by Masson, David
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