quittance

[kwit-ns] / ˈkwɪt ns /

NOUN

compensation

Synonyms

STRONGEST

compensation

STRONG

advantage allowance amends atonement benefit bonus bread consideration counterclaim coverage damages defrayal deserts earnings fee gain honorarium indemnification indemnity meet offset pay payment payoff premium profit reciprocity reckoning recompense redress reimbursement remittal remittance remuneration reparation repayment reprisal requital restitution reward salary salt satisfaction scale setoff settlement shake stipend take wage

WEAK

recoupment take-home

Antonyms

STRONG

debt disadvantage dissatisfaction hindrance hurt loss penalty

Example Sentences

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We will acknowledge your title as good, and we will demand of you quittance for the above sum, which you will grant us as king of France.

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We were well quit of George Glen and his gang, though the price of the quittance was heavy.

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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.

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"All the more pleasure in receiving it," and placing a couple of gold pieces on the table, I received my quittance and change.

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Lane smiled almost affably as he tossed the quittances upon the table.

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