quittance

Example Sentences

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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 Anderson, Benjamin M.

“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 Irwin, M. (Madelaine)

The deputy turned over his charge to him, received his quittance, and went away.

From Robert Tournay A Romance of the French Revolution by Sage, William

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

From The Honour of Savelli A Romance by Levett-Yeats, S. (Sidney)

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