quittance
Example Sentences
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Having paid quittance, he was at liberty to be absorbed in his books.
From Somehow Good by De Morgan, William Frend
“Himself, nay—he sent it to me; but I gave the quittance as to Mr Louvaine.”
From It Might Have Been The Story of the Gunpowder Plot by Irwin, M. (Madelaine)
After a brief greeting, I told him his business was done, and handed him the quittance I had received from Hawkwood.
From The Honour of Savelli A Romance by Levett-Yeats, S. (Sidney)
"Omittance is no quittance," said Schalk, darting up at his half-brother a venomous look.
From Tales of the Caravan, Inn, and Palace by Hauff, Wilhelm
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
