quittance
Example Sentences
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"All the more pleasure in receiving it," and placing a couple of gold pieces on the table, I received my quittance and change.
From The Honour of Savelli A Romance by Levett-Yeats, S. (Sidney)
We have disregarded our oaths; upon her head be our perfidy; receive her in quittance of our debt to thee.
From The Golden Hope A Story of the Time of King Alexander the Great by Fuller, Robert H.
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
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
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
