'Quittance' definitions:
Definition of 'quittance'
From: WordNet
noun
A document or receipt certifying release from an obligation or debt
noun
Payment of a debt or obligation [syn: repayment, quittance]
Definition of 'Quittance'
From: GCIDE
- Quittance \Quit"tance\ (kw[i^]t"tans), n. [OE. quitaunce, OF. quitance, F. quittance. See Quit, v. t.]
- 1. Discharge from a debt or an obligation; acquittance. [1913 Webster]
- Omittance is no quittance. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Recompense; return; repayment. [Obs.] --Shak. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Quittance'
From: GCIDE
- Quittance \Quit"tance\, v. t. To repay; to requite. [Obs.] --Shak. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'quittance'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- absolution,
- acknowledgment,
- acquitment,
- acquittal,
- acquittance,
- amends,
- amortization,
- amortizement,
- atonement,
- binder,
- blood money,
- canceled check,
- cash,
- cash payment,
- clearance,
- clearing,
- comeuppance,
- compensation,
- composition,
- compromise,
- compurgation,
- consideration,
- damages,
- debt service,
- defrayal,
- defrayment,
- deposit,
- desert,
- deserts,
- destigmatization,
- destigmatizing,
- disbursal,
- discharge,
- disculpation,
- dismissal,
- doling out,
- down payment,
- earnest,
- earnest money,
- exculpation,
- excuse,
- exoneration,
- expiation,
- expiatory offering,
- forgiveness,
- guerdon,
- hire purchase,
- hire purchase plan,
- honorarium,
- indemnification,
- indemnity,
- installment,
- installment plan,
- interest payment,
- just deserts,
- liquidation,
- making amends,
- making good,
- making right,
- making up,
- meed,
- monthly payments,
- never-never,
- pardon,
- paying,
- paying off,
- paying out,
- paying up,
- payment,
- payment in kind,
- payoff,
- peace offering,
- piaculum,
- prepayment,
- price,
- propitiation,
- punishment,
- purgation,
- purging,
- quarterly payments,
- quietus,
- receipt,
- receipt in full,
- reclamation,
- recompense,
- redemption,
- redress,
- regular payments,
- release,
- remission,
- remittance,
- remuneration,
- reparation,
- reprisal,
- requital,
- requitement,
- restitution,
- retirement,
- retribution,
- return,
- revenge,
- reward,
- salvage,
- satisfaction,
- settlement,
- sinking-fund payment,
- smart money,
- solatium,
- spot cash,
- squaring,
- verdict of acquittal,
- vindication,
- voucher,
- warrant,
- weekly payments,
- wergild,
- what is due,
- what is merited