quittance
Example Sentences
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To appease a creditor meant to pay him; in the same manner as une quittance, a quittance or receipt, was originally quietantia, a quieting, from quietus, quiet.
From Lectures on The Science of Language by Müller, Max
“Himself, nay—he sent it to me; but I gave the quittance as to Mr Louvaine.”
From It Might Have Been The Story of the Gunpowder Plot by Irwin, M. (Madelaine)
“That is a quittance for the chain,” he cried.
From The Great Mogul by Tracy, Louis
A happy quittance, say I. The abb� is too perilously apt with his long sword.
From The Plowshare and the Sword A Tale of Old Quebec by Trevena, John
You have most learnedly proverbde it, commending the virtue of patience and forbearance, but yet you know forbearance is no quittance.
From Proverb Lore Many sayings, wise or otherwise, on many subjects, gleaned from many sources by Hulme, F. Edward (Frederick Edward)
