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Meaning of "quittance" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD QUITTANCE

From Old French, from quitter to release from obligation.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF QUITTANCE

quittance  [ˈkwɪtəns] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF QUITTANCE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Quittance is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES QUITTANCE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of quittance in the English dictionary

The definition of quittance in the dictionary is release from debt or other obligation. Other definition of quittance is a receipt or other document certifying this.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH QUITTANCE


acquittance
əˈkwɪtəns
admittance
ədˈmɪtəns
appetence
ˈæpɪtəns
capacitance
kəˈpæsɪtəns
competence
ˈkɒmpɪtəns
concomitance
kənˈkɒmɪtəns
disinheritance
ˌdɪsɪnˈhɛrɪtəns
emittance
ɪˈmɪtəns
hesitance
ˈhezɪtəns
immunocompetence
ˌɪmjʊnəʊˈkɒmpɪtəns
impenitence
ɪmˈpɛnɪtəns
incompetence
ɪnˈkɒmpɪtəns
inheritance
ɪnˈhɛrɪtəns
intermittence
ˌɪntəˈmɪtəns
laitance
ˈleɪtəns
latence
ˈleɪtəns
penitence
ˈpenɪtəns
pittance
ˈpɪtəns
remittance
rɪˈmɪtəns
transmittance
trænzˈmɪtəns

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE QUITTANCE

quit
quitch
quitch grass
quitclaim
quite
quite a
quite a little
quite so
quite something
Quito
quitrent
quits
quittal
quitted
quitter
quittor
quiver
quiverer
quiverful
quivering

WORDS THAT END LIKE QUITTANCE

acceptance
acquaintance
advance
amount of substance
assistance
circumstance
Constance
court of first instance
distance
for instance
importance
instance
long-distance
reluctance
repentance
resistance
stance
substance
the distance
the Resistance
walking distance

Synonyms and antonyms of quittance in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «quittance» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF QUITTANCE

Find out the translation of quittance to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of quittance from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «quittance» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

quittance
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

quittance
570 millions of speakers

English

quittance
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

हरजाना
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

براءة ذمة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

квитанция
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

quitação
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ঋণমুক্তি
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

quittance
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Bayaran
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Schuldenerlass
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

quittance
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

quittance
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Sampean
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

biên lai
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

quittance
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

दरवर्षी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

aklanma
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

ricevuta
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

quittance
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

квитанція
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

quittance
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

αποπληρωμής
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

kwijtschelding
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

quittance
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

quittance
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of quittance

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «QUITTANCE»

The term «quittance» is normally little used and occupies the 121.272 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «QUITTANCE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «quittance» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «quittance» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about quittance

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «QUITTANCE»

Discover the use of quittance in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to quittance and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Stage of Dreams: The Dramatic Art of Alfred de Musset ...
La Quittance du diable was written in the early months of 1830 and was to have been staged at the Theatre des Nouveautes. Nothing definite is known about the reasons for its non-performance or for its withdrawal, as the case may be. l The ...
Herbert S. Gochberg, 1967
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The Works of William Shakespeare
636. quittance, an acquittance, a release, a discharge : bill, warrant, quittance, or obligation, i. 345 ; omittance is no quittance, iii. 54. quittance, a requital : Rendering faint quittance (" return of blows," Steevens), iv. 317 ; quittance of desert and ...
William Shakespeare, Alexander Dyce, 1867
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Zimbabwe Mineral & Mining Sector Investment and Business Guide
(6) Orders may be made under subsection (4) in respect of any registered mining location which was abandoned, forfeited or cancelled on or after the 1st July, 1947, and in respect of which a quittance certificate has not been issued. [ amended ...
Ibpus.com, USA International Business Publications, 2007
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Zimbabwe Mining Laws and Regulations Handbook
(6) Orders may be made under subsection (4) in respect of any registered mining location which was abandoned, forfeited or cancelled on or after the 1st July, 1947, and in respect of which a quittance certificate has not been issued. [ amended ...
Ibpus.com, International Business Publications, USA, 2008
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Semitic Papyrology in Context: A Climate of Creativity : ...
(b) The Receipt- Quittance Clause The wording, word order, and position in the formulary of the receipt-quittance clauses in the Samaria papyri correspond closely to that of the late Neo-Babylonian sale of movables.32 There are two alternate ...
Lawrence H. Schiffman, 2003
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Cuneiform Texts in the Metropolitan Museum of Art: Private ...
the debtor and, within the quittance, to state that the promissory note for the now- discharged obligation “is broken.” A copy of the quittance could be contained in both the creditor's and the debtor's archives. Meanwhile, since the credit claim no  ...
Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.), Ira Spar, Eva Von Dassow, 2000
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Roman Private Law in the Times of Cicero and of the Antonines
Quite different from acceptilatio, which required oral question and answer, was a quittance (apocha), i.e. a document given on receipt of money in such words as accepi, or persolutum, numeratum habeo, the latter being probably confined to ...
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Encyclopaedia Perthensis; or, Universal dictionary of Knowledge
Omittance is no quittance. Shak. ccompence ; return ; repayment. — Mine eyes saw him in bloody state, Mid'nng faint quittance, weaned. Henry IV. No gift to him it breeds the giver a return exceeding II use of quittance. Shak. We Ih.iU forget the  ...
Encyclopaedia Perthensis, 1806
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Studies in the Aramaic Legal Papyri from Elephantine
has shown it to be a term which records quittance after the receipt of a necessary consideration. The quittance overtones of tyb Ibby are confirmed by its close association with the abstract quittance term rhqt mnh/k. Tyb Ibby and rhqt mnh often ...
Yochanan Muffs, Baruch A. Levine, 2003
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Christianity, Judaism and Other Greco-Roman Cults: Studies ...
In his critical review, Yaron attacks Muffs' interpretation of tyb Ibby as a quittance formula.20 All of Muffs' analysis would be of considerably less importance if tyb Ibby and its Old Babylonian antecedent turned out to be nothing more than ...
Jacob Neusner, 1975

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «QUITTANCE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term quittance is used in the context of the following news items.
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Une quittance pour vendre sa maison dans les règles de l'art
Parmi la panoplie de documents à produire au moment de vendre ou d'acheter une propriété figure la quittance. Un acte à ne pas négliger, car il certifie que ... «Canoë, Jul 15»
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Fraude sur les quittances de douanes : Amadou Bâ lâche l …
Des milliards de FCfa destinés aux caisses du Trésor ont été dérobés à la suite de la mise en place d'un système qui permettait d'utiliser une seule quittance ... «S'informer en temps réel, May 15»
3
Quittances And Statutory Declarations: Whatever You Don't Say May …
Contractors are generally required to produce statutory declarations and quittances as a precondition for receiving progress payments and the release of their ... «Mondaq News Alerts, Apr 15»
4
Rentes viagères : quelle différence entre frais d'arrérage et frais de …
Frais de service des rentes, de gestion du fonds de rente, de paiement des rentes, frais sur encours de rentes, sur arrérages de rentes, sur quittances ... «cBanque.com, Apr 15»
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Fraudes de plus d'un milliard sur les quittances du Trésor : Des …
Ils usent de manœuvre frauduleux sur des quittances du Trésor pour le recouvrement des droits et taxes liés au cordon douanier pour se remplir les poches. «S'informer en temps réel, Feb 15»
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Droits de timbre N'oubliez pas votre première déclaration
Les premières déclarations au titre des droits de timbre de quittance perçus en janvier devront être effectuées et réglées avant fin février. C'est une nouvelle ... «L'Économiste, Feb 15»
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Mesures fiscales 2015: La Circulaire de la Direction Générale des …
L'article 6- I de la loi de finances 2015 a complété l'article 179- II du C.G.I. par des dispositions qui prévoient que les droits de timbre de quittance, visés à ... «L'Économiste, Jan 15»
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Quand faut-il signer une quittance?
Mais la quittance est surtout très importante pour un autre aspect: elle enlève à la banque toute mainmise sur la propriété. «La banque n'a pas le droit de ne pas ... «LaPresse.ca, Oct 14»
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Elisabetta, expulsée de son 6 m² pour avoir réclamé une quittance
2014 à 07h24. Une étudiante italienne a été expulsée illégalement de son studio parisien après avoir réclamé une quittance de loyer à son propriétaire. «TF1, Oct 14»
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Loi ALUR: Quittance de loyer gratuites et dématérialisées
Le propriétaire-bailleur ou l'agence immobilière en charge de la gestion, doit transmettre gratuitement une quittance au locataire, si le locataire le demande (par ... «JuriTravail.com, Oct 14»

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