quittance
/ˈkwɪtəns/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
20
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "I marvel why I answer’d not again; But that’s all one: omittance is no quittance."
- "Qu[een]. Ah Mortimer! now breaks the kings hate forth, And he confesseth that he loues me not. Mor[timer] iu[nior]. Crie quittance Madam then, & loue not him."
- "[…] Plutus, the god of gold, Is but his steward: no meed but he repays Sevenfold above itself; no gift to him But breeds the giver a return exceeding All use of quittance."
Etymology
From Middle English quytaunce, from Old French quitance (modern French quittance), from Latin quietantia. The verb is derived from the noun.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: quytaunce, quitance, quietantia
Usage
Inflected Forms
quittances (plural)
quittances (present, singular)
quittancing (participle, present)
quittanced (participle, past)
quittanced (past)