quittance
Example Sentences
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In the first place, the quittance for our board and lodging.”
From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 20 (of 25) by Stevenson, Robert Louis
We have disregarded our oaths; upon her head be our perfidy; receive her in quittance of our debt to thee.
From The Golden Hope A Story of the Time of King Alexander the Great by Fuller, Robert H.
"I shall not give Travers quittance in this matter till he has paid me wages for my toil."
From Aucassin & Nicolette And Other Mediaeval Romances and Legends by Mason, Eugene
Thus, silver certificates, without being "legal tender," are a means of legal quittance from obligations to the Federal Government.
From The Value of Money by Anderson, Benjamin M.
Having paid quittance, he was at liberty to be absorbed in his books.
From Somehow Good by De Morgan, William Frend
