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English
Etymology
From Middle English quytaunce, from Old French quitance (modern French quittance), from Latin quietantia.
Pronunciation
Noun
quittance (plural quittances)
- A release or acquittal.
- A discharge from a debt or obligation; a document that shows this discharge.
c. 1598–1600 (date written), William Shakespeare, “As You Like It”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies (First Folio), London: Isaac Iaggard, and Ed Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, :I marvel why I answer’d not again;
But that’s all one: omittance is no quittance.
- (obsolete) Recompense; return; repayment.
1594, Christopher Marlow[e], The Troublesome Raigne and Lamentable Death of Edward the Second, King of England: , London: for Henry Bell, , published 1622, →OCLC, (please specify the page):Qu[een]. Ah Mortimer! now breaks the kings hate forth,
And he confesseth that he loues me not.
Mor[timer] iu[nior]. Crie quittance Madam then, & loue not him.
c. 1605–1608, William Shakespeare, “The Life of Tymon of Athens”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies (First Folio), London: Isaac Iaggard, and Ed Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, :[…] Plutus, the god of gold,
Is but his steward: no meed but he repays
Sevenfold above itself; no gift to him
But breeds the giver a return exceeding
All use of quittance.
French
Etymology
From quitter (“to make quits”) + -ance, from quitte (“quits”).
Pronunciation
Noun
quittance f (plural quittances)
- a receipt, a quittance
Descendants
Verb
quittance
- inflection of quittancer:
- first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- second-person singular imperative
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