quittance

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There is something base In mere existence—something in the face Of men and women which accepts the earth, And all its havings, as its right of birth, But not its quittance, not its resting-place.

From Love Letters of a Violinist and Other Poems by Mackay, Eric

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 Brakelond, Jocelin de

Satisfac′tion, state of being satisfied: gratification: comfort: that which satisfies: amends: atonement: payment, quittance: conviction: repairing a wrong, as by a duel.—adj.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various

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.

"I shall not give Travers quittance in this matter till he has paid me wages for my toil."

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