Hypertext Webster Gateway: "acquittance"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Acquittance \Ac*quit"tance\, n. [OF. aquitance, fr. aquiter. See
{Acquit}.]
1. The clearing off of debt or obligation; a release or
discharge from debt or other liability.
2. A writing which is evidence of a discharge; a receipt in
full, which bars a further demand.
You can produce acquittances For such a sum, from
special officers. --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Acquittance \Ac*quit"tance\, v. t.
To acquit. [Obs.] --Shak.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
acquittance
n : a legal document evidencing the discharge of a debt or
obligation [syn: {release}]
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