quittance : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: quittance	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for quittance
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
quittance n a document or receipt certifying release from an obligation or debt payment of a debt or obligation Synonym(s): repayment, quittance
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Quittance \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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Quittance \Quit"tance\, v. t. To repay; to requite. [Obs.] --Shak.