acquittance

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Here I return my trust, nor ask   One penny for remittance; If I have well perform'd my task,   Pray send me an acquittance.

From The Poems of Jonathan Swift, D.D., Volume 2 by Browning, William Ernst

About eleven years afterwards, the same merchant gave an acquittance to Henry VIII. of England, for the sum of 152,180 l.

From A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels - Volume 18 Historical Sketch of the Progress of Discovery, Navigation, and Commerce, from the Earliest Records to the Beginning of the Nineteenth Century, By William Stevenson by Stevenson, William

There is one Richard Osannas, a witness to an acquittance in the later Anglo-Saxon times, the name being probably from the Frankish Osanna, which seems, however, to have been originally a woman's name.

From Surnames as a Science by Ferguson, Robert

In a deliberate body, to receive in acquittance of a duty imposed; as, to accept the report of a committee.

From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary by Webster, Noah

To be lenient and merciful is his inclination, and we are happy to communicate to you this most favorable tender for an acquittance of his claim.

From Shakespeare's Insomnia, and the Causes Thereof by Head, Franklin H. (Franklin Harvey)