quittance

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English quytaunce, from Old French quitance (modern French quittance), from Latin quietantia. The verb is derived from the noun. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkwɪtəns/ Rhymes: -ɪtəns === Noun === quittance (plural quittances) A release or acquittal. Synonyms: acquittance, exculpation, exoneration; see also Thesaurus:acquittal A discharge from a debt or obligation; a document that shows this discharge. Coordinate terms: forbearance, forgiveness (obsolete) Recompense; return; repayment. === Verb === quittance (third-person singular simple present quittances, present participle quittancing, simple past and past participle quittanced) (obsolete, transitive) To acquit; to repay. === Further reading === “quittance, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000. “quittance, v.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000. == French == === Etymology === From quitter (“to make quits”) +‎ -ance, from quitte (“quits”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ki.tɑ̃s/ === Noun === quittance f (plural quittances) a receipt, a quittance ==== Descendants ==== → Dutch: kwitantieNegerhollands: quittantie, quittansche→ Indonesian: kuitansi→ Russian: квита́нция (kvitáncija), квита́нція (kvitáncija) — pre-1918 spelling→ Belarusian: квіта́нцыя (kvitáncyja)→ Bulgarian: квита́нция (kvitáncija)→ Kyrgyz: квитанция (kvitantsiya)→ Tatar: квитанция (kwitantsiyä)→ Tajik: квитансия (kvitansiya)→ Uzbek: kvitantsiya, kvitansiya→ Turkmen: kwitansiýa→ Ukrainian: квита́нція (kvytáncija) → Esperanto: kvitanco → Italian: quietanza === Verb === quittance inflection of quittancer: first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive second-person singular imperative ==== See also ==== acquitter === Further reading === “quittance”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012