quittance
Example Sentences
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A happy quittance, say I. The abb� is too perilously apt with his long sword.
From The Plowshare and the Sword A Tale of Old Quebec by Trevena, John
But "legal tender" money is not always an adequate means of quittance.
From The Value of Money by Anderson, Benjamin M.
We will acknowledge your title as good, and we will demand of you quittance for the above sum, which you will grant us as king of France.
From A Source Book of Medi?val History Documents Illustrative of European Life and Institutions from the German Invasions to the Renaissance by Ogg, Frederic Austin
You have most learnedly proverbde it, commending the virtue of patience and forbearance, but yet you know forbearance is no quittance.
From Proverb Lore Many sayings, wise or otherwise, on many subjects, gleaned from many sources by Hulme, F. Edward (Frederick Edward)
“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)
