quytaunce

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