quittance
Example Sentences
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“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)
But "legal tender" money is not always an adequate means of quittance.
From The Value of Money by Anderson, Benjamin M.
That forthwith he had come to the theatre and delivered up the play, with such expressions of penitence and shame that they could not forbear to give him full quittance for his fault.
From Judith Shakespeare Her love affairs and other adventures by Black, William
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.
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
