quittance
Example Sentences
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To appease a creditor meant to pay him; in the same manner as une quittance, a quittance or receipt, was originally quietantia, a quieting, from quietus, quiet.
From Lectures on The Science of Language by Müller, Max
Of course Herr Simon will require from these heirs a receipt for the sum handed them, and a quittance of all further claims.
From Quicksands by Streckfuss, Adolph
But "legal tender" money is not always an adequate means of quittance.
From The Value of Money by Anderson, Benjamin M.
That forthwith he had come to the theatre and delivered up the play, with such expressions of penitence and shame that they could not forbear to give him full quittance for his fault.
From Judith Shakespeare Her love affairs and other adventures by Black, William
"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
