compensation, recompense; letter of exemption from an obligation
Search Dictionary
Quittance Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(v. t.)
To repay; to requite.
To repay; to requite.
(v. t.)
Recompense; return; repayment.
Recompense; return; repayment.
(v. t.)
Discharge from a debt or an obligation; acquittance.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutDischarge from a debt or an obligation; acquittance.
quittance
\quit"tance\ (-tans), n. [oe. quitaunce, of. quitance, f. quittance. see quit, v. t.]
1. discharge from a debt or an obligation; acquittance. omittance is no quittance.
2. recompense; return; repayment. [obs.]
quittance
\quit"tance\, v. t. to repay; to requite. [obs.]
quittance
n
1. a document or receipt certifying release from an obligation or debt
2. payment of a debt or obligation [syn: repayment]
Noun
1. a document or receipt certifying release from an obligation or debt
(hypernym) document
2. payment of a debt or obligation
(synonym) repayment
(hypernym) payment
(hyponym) redemption
