quittance

  • 21quittance — noun (C) law a statement saying that someone no longer has to do something such as paying back money that they owe …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 22quittance — n 1. reward, recompense, Literary. guerdon, requital, retribution, repayment; reparation, amends, redress, atonement, expiation; compensation, indemnification, satisfaction; payment, remuneration, reimbursement, defrayal, defrayment, remittance.… …

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  • 23quittance — quit·tance …

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  • 24quittance — quit•tance [[t]ˈkwɪt ns[/t]] n. 1) recompense or requital 2) discharge from a debt or obligation 3) a document certifying discharge from debt or obligation, as a receipt • Etymology: 1175–1225; ME quitaunce < OF quitance=quit(er) to quit+ ance …

    From formal English to slang

  • 25quittance — /ˈkwɪtns/ (say kwitns) noun 1. recompense or requital. 2. → acquittance. {Middle English quytaunce, from Old French} …

  • 26quittance — /kwitans/ An abbreviation of acquittance; a release (q.v.) …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 27quittance — An acquittance; a discharge; a release; an exoneration …

    Ballentine's law dictionary

  • 28quittance — n. archaic or poet. 1 (foll. by from) a release. 2 an acknowledgement of payment; a receipt. Etymology: ME f. OF quitance f. quiter QUIT …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 29timbre-quittance — timbre [ tɛ̃br ] n. m. • 1374; « sorte de tambour » XIIe; gr. byz. tumbanon, gr. class. tumpanon → tympan I ♦ 1 ♦ Anciennt Cloche immobile frappée par un marteau. Timbres d un carillon. (1858) Mod. Calotte de métal qui, frappée par un petit… …

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  • 30La Quittance De Minuit — est un roman d aventures écrit en 1846 par Paul Féval. Le livre raconte l histoire d une famille pauvre, les MacDiarmid, descendante des anciens rois d Irlande dirigée par un patriarche fier partisan du pacifiste Daniel O Connell. Les huit fils… …

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