quittance
Example Sentences
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But "legal tender" money is not always an adequate means of quittance.
From The Value of Money by Benjamin M. Anderson
The deputy turned over his charge to him, received his quittance, and went away.
From Robert Tournay A Romance of the French Revolution by William Sage
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
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
You have most learnedly proverbde it, commending the virtue of patience and forbearance, but yet you know forbearance is no quittance.
From Proverb Lore Many sayings, wise or otherwise, on many subjects, gleaned from many sources by F. Edward (Frederick Edward) Hulme
