quittance

(kwit'ns)

noun

    1. discharge from a debt or obligation
    2. a document certifying this; receipt
  1. recompense; repayment; reprisal

Origin: ME quitance < OFr < quiter: see quit

See quittance in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
  1. a. Release from a debt, an obligation, or a penalty.
    b. A document or receipt certifying such release.
  2. Something given as requital or recompense; a repayment.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English quitance

Origin: , from Old French

Origin: , from quiter, to free; see quit 

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