quittance
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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
We were well quit of George Glen and his gang, though the price of the quittance was heavy.
From The Watchers A Novel by A. E. W. (Alfred Edward Woodley) 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
Had you but been courteous to me I would have rewarded you well; now take your money, give me a quittance, and I will take my lands once more.
From Hero-Myths & Legends of the British Race by M. I. (Maud Isabel) Ebbutt
Right easily can I find proof of quittance, and to spare.
From Aucassin & Nicolette And Other Mediaeval Romances and Legends by Eugene Mason
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