to settle accounts

  • 1settle accounts — index discharge (pay a debt), satisfy (discharge) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 2settle accounts with — index collect (recover money), compensate (remunerate) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 3settle accounts with the debtors and creditors — index liquidate (determine liability) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 4settle accounts — phrasal : to make up a quarrel or breach by requital or by agreeing to terms * * * settle accounts ● account * * * settle an account/settle accounts/ phrase to end a disagreement or argument with someone by defeating them They threatened to… …

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  • 5settle accounts with — settle (orsquare) accounts with pay money owed to (someone) ■ have revenge on the dirty business of settling accounts with former Communists …

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  • 6settle accounts — close accounts, settle differences of opinion; come to an agreement …

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  • 7settle an account — settle an account/settle accounts/ phrase to end a disagreement or argument with someone by defeating them They threatened to settle accounts with those who opposed them. Thesaurus: ending, solving and avoiding arguments and fightshyponym… …

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  • 8accounts — n. books 1) to keep accounts record of transactions 2) accounts payable; receivable differences 3) to settle, square accounts * * * square accounts accounts receivable ( books ) to keep accounts [ differences ] to settle accounts [ record of… …

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  • 9settle with — Synonyms and related words: accommodate, account with, adjust, arrange, be quits, bring to account, bring to book, call to account, castigate, chasten, chastise, clear the board, close, close with, compose, conclude, correct, deal with,… …

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  • 10Accounts — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Accounts >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 accounts accounts accompts| =>! Sgm: N 1 commercial arithmetic commercial arithmetic monetary arithmetic Sgm: N 1 statistics statistics &c.(numeration) 85 Sgm: N 1 money matters …

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