QUITTANCE - Definition

Pronunciation:		'kwitns
WordNet Dictionary

	Definition:	[n] payment of a debt or obligation [n] a document or receipt certifying release from an obligation or debt

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	Synonyms:	repayment

	See Also:	document, payment, redemption

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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