quytaunce
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Middle English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- quetaunce, quetauns, quetawnce, quitance, quitaunce, quytans, qwetance, qwetans, qwittance, qwytaunce
- (early) cwitance
Etymology[edit]
From Old French quitance (modern French quittance), from Latin quietantia; equivalent to quyten + -aunce.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
quytaunce (plural quytaunces)
- recompense, repayment
- receipt (document showing a transaction)
- quittance (nullification of an obligation)
Descendants[edit]
References[edit]
- “quī̆taunce, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.