/kwit"ns/ , n.
1. recompense or requital.
2. discharge from a debt or obligation.
3. a document certifying discharge from debt or obligation, as a receipt.
[ 1175-1225; ME quitaunce quitance, equiv. to quit ( er ) to QUIT 1 + -ance -ANCE ]
/kwit"ns/ , n.
1. recompense or requital.
2. discharge from a debt or obligation.
3. a document certifying discharge from debt or obligation, as a receipt.
[ 1175-1225; ME quitaunce quitance, equiv. to quit ( er ) to QUIT 1 + -ance -ANCE ]
Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary. Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House . 2012