quittance

Example Sentences

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The abbot, having adopted this good counsel, gave to the King one hundred pounds for such a quittance.

From The Chronicle of Jocelin of Brakelond: A Picture of Monastic Life in the Days of Abbot Samson by Brakelond, Jocelin de

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.

At last the king demanded an account of all the sums that had passed through his hands during his chancellorship, though he had already received a quittance.

From The English Church in the Middle Ages by Hunt, William

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

From The Great Mogul by Tracy, Louis

After a brief greeting, I told him his business was done, and handed him the quittance I had received from Hawkwood.

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