quittance
Example Sentences
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Having paid quittance, he was at liberty to be absorbed in his books.
From Somehow Good by De Morgan, William Frend
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.
You shall prepare a full quittance for the Emperor, and Mowbray-sahib shall sign it.
From The Great Mogul by Tracy, Louis
That forthwith he had come to the theatre and delivered up the play, with such expressions of penitence and shame that they could not forbear to give him full quittance for his fault.
From Judith Shakespeare Her love affairs and other adventures by Black, William
I've sent him his quittance papers, and he's your enemy for all time.
From A Captain in the Ranks A Romance of Affairs by Eggleston, George Cary
