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quittance

[kwit-ns] / ˈkwɪt ns /
NOUN
compensation
Synonyms
STRONGEST
compensation
STRONG
advantage allowance amends atonement benefit bonus bread consideration counterclaim coverage damages defrayal deserts earnings fee gain honorarium indemnification indemnity meet offset pay payment payoff premium profit reciprocity reckoning recompense redress reimbursement remittal remittance remuneration reparation repayment reprisal requital restitution reward salary salt satisfaction scale setoff settlement shake stipend take wage
WEAK
recoupment take-home
Antonyms
STRONG
debt disadvantage dissatisfaction hindrance hurt loss penalty

Example Sentences

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Thus, silver certificates, without being "legal tender," are a means of legal quittance from obligations to the Federal Government.

From The Value of Money by Anderson, Benjamin M.

We will acknowledge your title as good, and we will demand of you quittance for the above sum, which you will grant us as king of France.

From A Source Book of Medi?val History Documents Illustrative of European Life and Institutions from the German Invasions to the Renaissance by Ogg, Frederic Austin

You shall prepare a full quittance for the Emperor, and Mowbray-sahib shall sign it.

From The Great Mogul by Tracy, Louis

He saith Aubrey sent the money by a messenger, unto whom he gave the quittance.

From It Might Have Been The Story of the Gunpowder Plot by Irwin, M. (Madelaine)

He would 'sign on' at Liverpool, giving his boarding-master a month's advance note for quittance.

From The Brassbounder A Tale of the Sea by Bone, David W.