quittance
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.
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
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
But "legal tender" money is not always an adequate means of quittance.
From The Value of Money by Anderson, Benjamin M.
Right easily can I find proof of quittance, and to spare.
From Aucassin & Nicolette And Other Mediaeval Romances and Legends by Mason, Eugene
Having paid quittance, he was at liberty to be absorbed in his books.
From Somehow Good by De Morgan, William Frend
