quittance
Example Sentences
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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.
A happy quittance, say I. The abb� is too perilously apt with his long sword.
From The Plowshare and the Sword A Tale of Old Quebec by Trevena, John
"I shall not give Travers quittance in this matter till he has paid me wages for my toil."
From Aucassin & Nicolette And Other Mediaeval Romances and Legends by Mason, Eugene
I've sent him his quittance papers, and he's your enemy for all time.
From A Captain in the Ranks A Romance of Affairs by Eggleston, George Cary
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.
