QUITTANCE


Meaning of QUITTANCE in English

/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 .