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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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You shall prepare a full quittance for the Emperor, and Mowbray-sahib shall sign it.

From The Great Mogul by Tracy, Louis

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)

"Well, then, it shall be yours, if you give up all claim to the hand of Meenie Ritchie, and give me in writing an entire quittance on that score."

From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 15 by Various

He saith Aubrey sent the money by a messenger, unto whom he gave the quittance.

From It Might Have Been The Story of the Gunpowder Plot by Irwin, M. (Madelaine)

We will acknowledge your title as good, and we will demand of you quittance for the above sum, which you will grant us as king of France.

From A Source Book of Medi?val History Documents Illustrative of European Life and Institutions from the German Invasions to the Renaissance by Ogg, Frederic Austin