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