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Definitions

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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I've sent him his quittance papers, and he's your enemy for all time.

From A Captain in the Ranks A Romance of Affairs by Eggleston, George Cary

You shall prepare a full quittance for the Emperor, and Mowbray-sahib shall sign it.

From The Great Mogul by Tracy, Louis

Satisfac′tion, state of being satisfied: gratification: comfort: that which satisfies: amends: atonement: payment, quittance: conviction: repairing a wrong, as by a duel.—adj.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various

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.

From A Source Book of Medi?val History Documents Illustrative of European Life and Institutions from the German Invasions to the Renaissance by Ogg, Frederic Austin

Whatever gives legal quittance from contract obligation, or from legal obligation as for taxes, performs this function.

From The Value of Money by Anderson, Benjamin M.