1. [n]  payment of a debt or obligation
2. [n]  a document or receipt certifying release from an obligation or debt

QUITTANCE is a 9 letter word that starts with Q.

1. \Quit"tance\, n. [OE. quitaunce, OF. quitance, F.
   quittance. See {Quit}, v. t.]
   1. Discharge from a debt or an obligation; acquittance.
   
            Omittance is no quittance.            --Shak.
   
   2. Recompense; return; repayment. [Obs.] --Shak.
   
   

2. \Quit"tance\, v. t.
   To repay; to requite. [Obs.] --Shak.