quittance
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The deputy turned over his charge to him, received his quittance, and went away.
From Robert Tournay A Romance of the French Revolution by William Sage
“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
You shall prepare a full quittance for the Emperor, and Mowbray-sahib shall sign it.
From The Great Mogul by Louis Tracy
You have most learnedly proverbde it, commending the virtue of patience and forbearance, but yet you know forbearance is no quittance.
From Proverb Lore Many sayings, wise or otherwise, on many subjects, gleaned from many sources by F. Edward (Frederick Edward) Hulme
It was only by being a valuable object, and commonly only by being a medium of exchange, that the money could have become a means of legal quittance in the first place.
From The Value of Money by Benjamin M. Anderson
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