kvitto
Swedish
Alternative forms
- qvitto (archaic)
Etymology
Ellipsis of kvittobrev, from Middle Low German quitebrêf, from quiten (“to liberate; to confirm a transaction”) + bref (“letter”). See German quittieren (“to sign a receipt”) + Brief (“letter”) for more on the components.
Pronunciation
Audio: (file)
Noun
kvitto n
- a receipt (written acknowledgement of the goods purchased and the sum paid)
- (by extention) any form of document received from a receipt printer
Declension
| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | kvitto | kvittos |
| definite | kvittot | kvittots | |
| plural | indefinite | kvitton | kvittons |
| definite | kvittona | kvittonas |
Derived terms
- korrigeringskvitto
- kreditkvitto
- kvittopapper
- kvittoskrivare
- pantkvitto
- returkvitto
- spelkvitto
Related terms
References
- kvitto in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- kvitto in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- kvitto in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
- kvitto in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)