Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Quittance \Quit"tance\, n. [OE. quitaunce, OF. quitance, F.
   quittance. See {Quit}, v. t.]
   1. Discharge from a debt or an obligation; acquittance.

            Omittance is no quittance.            --Shak.

   2. Recompense; return; repayment. [Obs.] --Shak.

Quittance \Quit"tance\, v. t.
   To repay; to requite. [Obs.] --Shak.

Source : WordNet®

quittance
     n 1: a document or receipt certifying release from an obligation
          or debt
     2: payment of a debt or obligation [syn: {repayment}]