quittance
Example Sentences
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The abbot, having adopted this good counsel, gave to the King one hundred pounds for such a quittance.
From The Chronicle of Jocelin of Brakelond: A Picture of Monastic Life in the Days of Abbot Samson by Jocelin de Brakelond
"Omittance is no quittance," said Schalk, darting up at his half-brother a venomous look.
From Tales of the Caravan, Inn, and Palace by Wilhelm Hauff
I have been with the governor, who is full of rejoicing at this unexpected quittance of the Bruce and his host of wolves.
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 10 by Various
Right easily can I find proof of quittance, and to spare.
From Aucassin & Nicolette And Other Mediaeval Romances and Legends by Eugene Mason
Very good, then, Master Tibbald: if you will pay the Council that sum, its secretary shall make you out a note of quittance.'
From Merry-Garden and Other Stories by Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
