quittance

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When Khayyam quittance at Death's hand receives, And sheds his outworn life, as trees their leaves, Full gladly will he sift this world away, Ere dustmen sift his ashes in their sieves.

From The Sufistic Quatrains of Omar Khayyam by Khayyam, Omar

“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)

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.

Of course Herr Simon will require from these heirs a receipt for the sum handed them, and a quittance of all further claims.

From Quicksands by Streckfuss, Adolph

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