quittance Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a document or receipt certifying release from an obligation or debt
  2. noun payment of a debt or obligation
    repayment.

WordNet

Quit"tance noun
Etymology
OE. quitaunce, OF. quitance, F. quittance. See Quit, v. t.
Definitions
  1. Discharge from a debt or an obligation; acquittance.
    Omittance is no quittance. Shak.
  2. Recompense; return; repayment. Obs. Shak.
Quit"tance transitive verb
Definitions
  1. To repay; to requite. Obs. Shak.

Webster 1913