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quittance

[ kwit-ns ]

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noun

quittance

/ ˈkwɪtəns /

1175–1225; Middle English quitaunce < Old French quitance, equivalent to quit ( er ) to quit ¹ + -ance -ance

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

The bearer of the stamp (tamgh) who by impressing it gave quittance for the payment of tolls and other dues.

He had earned his quittance, and in the nighttime, upon his hands and knees, he crept from the sleepers in the court.

If the thing should not come to pass, "omittance is no quittance" (ce qui est différé, n'est pas perdu).

I know he is in this wood; and he shall never leave it till he give me quittance for the injury he has done me.

For no tenant, thinks I, will be fool enough to withold payment when he may get his quittance to-morrow for half its value.

April 19, 2024tortuous

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