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.