| Back | quittance /KWIT-ns/ |
|---|---|
| Front | noun 1. Recompense or requital. 2. Discharge from a debt or obligation. 3. A document certifying discharge from debt or obligation, as a receipt. [Quittance is derived from the Old French quit meaning "free, clear." The root did not take on its negative connotation, "to give up," until the 1600s.] "Very good; here is the money. Now make me out a quittance, signed." - Edward Gilliat, John Standish, Or, The Harrowing of London |
Learn with these flashcards. Click next, previous, or up to navigate to more flashcards for this subject.
Next card: Tensile ten-suhl adjective capable stretched drawn ductile pertaining
Previous card: Kinchin kin-chin noun child derived german kindchen diminutive
Up to card list: Hard English Vocabulary