quytaunce

Middle English

Alternative forms

• quetaunce, quetauns, quetawnce, quitance, quitaunce, quytans, qwetance, qwetans, qwittance, qwytaunce
• (early) cwitance

Etymology

From Old French quitance (modern French quittance), from Latin quietantia; equivalent to quyten +‎ -aunce.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkwitau̯ns(ə)/, /ˈkwitans(ə)/, /ˈkwiːt-/

Noun

quytaunce (plural quytaunces)

1. recompense, repayment
2. receipt (document showing a transaction)
3. quittance (nullification of an obligation)

Descendants

• English: quittance
• Scots: cuttance

References

• “quī̆taunce, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.