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quittance

[kwit-ns]

noun

recompense or requital.

discharge from a debt or obligation.

a document certifying discharge from debt or obligation, as a receipt.

Origin:
1175–1225; Middle English quitaunce < Old French quitance, equivalent to quit(er) to quit¹ + -ance -ance

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quittance (ˈkwɪt^əns)

—n
1.	release from debt or other obligation
2.	a receipt or other document certifying this

[C13: from Old French, from quitter to release from obligation; see quit]

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