Quittance vs Acquittance - What's the difference?
quittance | acquittance |
a release or acquittal
a discharge from a debt or obligation; a document that shows this discharge
(obsolete) recompense; return; repayment
* 1607 , , I. i. 285:
The clearing off of debt or obligation; a release or discharge from debt or other liability.
A writing which is evidence of a discharge; a receipt in full, which bars a further demand.
* Shakespeare
(obsolete) To acquit.
As nouns the difference between quittance and acquittance
is that quittance is a release or acquittal while acquittance is the clearing off of debt or obligation; a release or discharge from debt or other liability.As a verb acquittance is
to acquit.quittance
English
Noun
(en noun)- No meed but he repays / Sevenfold above itself; no gift to him / But breeds the giver a return exceeding / All use of quittance .
acquittance
English
(Webster 1913)Alternative forms
* acquittaunce (obsolete)Noun
(en noun)- You can produce acquittances / For such a sum, from special officers.