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quittances

quittances is the plural of quittance.

Meaning of quittance

Noun

quittance (plural quittances)

  1. A release or acquittal.
  2. A discharge from a debt or obligation; a document that shows this discharge.
    • I marvel why I answer’d not again;
      But that’s all one: omittance is no quittance.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[ward] Blount...
  3. (obsolete) Recompense; return; repayment.
    • 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.1594, Christopher Marlow[e], The Troublesome Raigne and Lamentable Death of Edward the Second, King of England: […], London: […] [Eliot’s Court Press] for Henry Bell, […], published 1622, →OCLC...

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Questions about quittances

What is quittances the plural of?
Quittances is the plural of quittance.

Words near quittances in the dictionary

  1. quitsies
  2. quittable
  3. quittal
  4. quittals
  5. quittance
  6. quittances
  7. quitted
  8. quitted scores
  9. quittedst
  10. quitter
  11. Quitter's Day

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