quittance
Example Sentences
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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.
Right easily can I find proof of quittance, and to spare.
From Aucassin & Nicolette And Other Mediaeval Romances and Legends by Mason, Eugene
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
We have disregarded our oaths; upon her head be our perfidy; receive her in quittance of our debt to thee.
From The Golden Hope A Story of the Time of King Alexander the Great by Fuller, Robert H.
"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)
