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

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)

Whatever gives legal quittance from contract obligation, or from legal obligation as for taxes, performs this function.

From The Value of Money by Anderson, Benjamin M.

We were well quit of George Glen and his gang, though the price of the quittance was heavy.

From The Watchers A Novel by Mason, A. E. W. (Alfred Edward Woodley)

“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)