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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I have been with the governor, who is full of rejoicing at this unexpected quittance of the Bruce and his host of wolves.

From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 10 by Various

I placed the cross back slowly, my honour was still white, and death that was coming would give me a full quittance for all my troubles.

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

“That is a quittance for the chain,” he cried.

From The Great Mogul by Tracy, Louis

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.

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.

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