quittance

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See also: quittancé

English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle English quytaunce, from Old French quitance (modern French quittance), from Latin quietantia.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

quittance (plural quittances)

  1. A release or acquittal.
  2. A discharge from a debt or obligation; a document that shows this discharge.
  3. (obsolete) Recompense; return; repayment.

French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From quitter (to make quits) +‎ -ance, from quitte (quits).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ki.tɑ̃s/
  • (file)

Noun[edit]

quittance f (plural quittances)

  1. a receipt, a quittance

Descendants[edit]

Verb[edit]

quittance

  1. inflection of quittancer:
    1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    2. second-person singular imperative

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