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quittance

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quit⋅tance

  [kwit-ns]
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–noun
1. recompense or requital.
2. discharge from a debt or obligation.
3. a document certifying discharge from debt or obligation, as a receipt.
Origin:
1175–1225; ME quitaunce < OF quitance, equiv. to quit(er) to quit 1 + -ance -ance
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quit·tance   (kwĭt'ns)   
n.  

    1. Release from a debt, an obligation, or a penalty.

    2. A document or receipt certifying such release.

  2. Something given as requital or recompense; a repayment.


[Middle English quitance, from Old French, from quiter, to free; see quit.]
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