quittance

Example Sentences

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He saith Aubrey sent the money by a messenger, unto whom he gave the quittance.

From It Might Have Been The Story of the Gunpowder Plot by Irwin, M. (Madelaine)

Right easily can I find proof of quittance, and to spare.

From Aucassin & Nicolette And Other Mediaeval Romances and Legends by Mason, Eugene

That forthwith he had come to the theatre and delivered up the play, with such expressions of penitence and shame that they could not forbear to give him full quittance for his fault.

From Judith Shakespeare Her love affairs and other adventures by Black, William

We were well quit of George Glen and his gang, though the price of the quittance was heavy.

From The Watchers A Novel by Mason, A. E. W. (Alfred Edward Woodley)

It was only by being a valuable object, and commonly only by being a medium of exchange, that the money could have become a means of legal quittance in the first place.

From The Value of Money by Anderson, Benjamin M.