quittance
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"Omittance is no quittance," said Schalk, darting up at his half-brother a venomous look.
From Tales of the Caravan, Inn, and Palace by Wilhelm Hauff
At last the king demanded an account of all the sums that had passed through his hands during his chancellorship, though he had already received a quittance.
From The English Church in the Middle Ages by William Hunt
He would 'sign on' at Liverpool, giving his boarding-master a month's advance note for quittance.
From The Brassbounder A Tale of the Sea by David W. Bone
When Khayyam quittance at Death's hand receives, And sheds his outworn life, as trees their leaves, Full gladly will he sift this world away, Ere dustmen sift his ashes in their sieves.
From The Sufistic Quatrains of Omar Khayyam by Omar Khayyam
“Himself, nay—he sent it to me; but I gave the quittance as to Mr Louvaine.”
From It Might Have Been The Story of the Gunpowder Plot by M. (Madelaine) Irwin
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