quittance

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In the first place, the quittance for our board and lodging.”

From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 20 (of 25) by Stevenson, Robert Louis

"All the more pleasure in receiving it," and placing a couple of gold pieces on the table, I received my quittance and change.

From The Honour of Savelli A Romance by Levett-Yeats, S. (Sidney)

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)

"Omittance is no quittance," said Schalk, darting up at his half-brother a venomous look.

From Tales of the Caravan, Inn, and Palace by Hauff, Wilhelm

There is something base In mere existence—something in the face Of men and women which accepts the earth, And all its havings, as its right of birth, But not its quittance, not its resting-place.

From Love Letters of a Violinist and Other Poems by Mackay, Eric