QUITTANCE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does quittance mean? 

• QUITTANCE (noun)
  The noun QUITTANCE has 2 senses:

1. a document or receipt certifying release from an obligation or debt

2. payment of a debt or obligation

  Familiarity information: QUITTANCE used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• QUITTANCE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A document or receipt certifying release from an obligation or debt

Classified under:

Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession

Hypernyms ("quittance" is a kind of...):

document (a written account of ownership or obligation)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Payment of a debt or obligation

Classified under:

Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession

Synonyms:

quittance; repayment

Hypernyms ("quittance" is a kind of...):

payment (a sum of money paid or a claim discharged)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "quittance"):

redemption (repayment of the principal amount of a debt or security at or before maturity (as when a corporation repurchases its own stock))