quittance
Example Sentences
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I've sent him his quittance papers, and he's your enemy for all time.
From A Captain in the Ranks A Romance of Affairs by George Cary Eggleston
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
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 Benjamin M. Anderson
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
"All the more pleasure in receiving it," and placing a couple of gold pieces on the table, I received my quittance and change.
From The Honour of Savelli A Romance by S. (Sidney) Levett-Yeats
