acquittance

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Sir, I am paid for't, The summes you borrowed, are return'd; The bonds Cancel'd, and your acquittance formerly seal'd: Look here Sir, Gaspero is witness to it.

From The Laws of Candy Beaumont & Fletcher's Works (3 of 10) by Beaumont, Francis

But the burdens upon landed property rose so high, that for a long time, land together with house and farm, bore little value, and sometimes were offered in vain as acquittance for service and imposts.

From Pictures of German Life in the XVth XVIth and XVIIth Centuries, Vol. II. by Freytag, Gustav

"Now must your conscience my acquittance seal."—Act iv.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 21, July, 1859 by Various

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

And here--for I cannot transact business with thee without a receipt--on this wax tablet I have written the acquittance.

From Felicitas A Tale of the German Migrations: A.D. 476 by Dahn, Felix