A document in ancient times certifying that a debt or obligation had been paid or discharged.
From Greek apoche (cessation, discharge) via Late Latin apocha. Medieval and ancient legal terminology for receipt-like documents.
Apochas were the receipts of antiquity—archaeologists have found thousands on Egyptian papyri, showing how even 2,000 years ago, people needed written proof that they'd paid their taxes, a concept that never goes out of style.
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