quittance

名词 n. 动词 v.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A release or acquittal.
  2. A discharge from a debt or obligation; a document that shows this discharge.
    — I marvel why I answer’d not again; But that’s all one: omittance is no quittance.
  3. Recompense; return; repayment. obsolete
    — Qu[een]. Ah Mortimer! now breaks the kings hate forth, And he confesseth that he loues me not. Mor[timer] iu[nior]. Crie quittance Madam then, & loue not him.
动词 v.
  1. To acquit; to repay. obsolete,transitive

词形变化

quittances plural quittances present,singular,third-person quittancing participle,present quittanced participle,past quittanced past

词源

词源 1
From Middle English quytaunce, from Old French quitance (modern French quittance), from Latin quietantia. The verb is derived from the noun.
词源 2
From Middle English quytaunce, from Old French quitance (modern French quittance), from Latin quietantia. The verb is derived from the noun.
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