Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

quit scores

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.18 in modern English

Syllables: quit s-cores
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To settle or balance accounts or differences; to make compensation.

Archaic

Example Sentences

"Does not the earth quit scores with all the elements in the noble fruits that issue from it?"
"28th Sept. 1648, Oliver Cromwell, letter And such, I hope, these will approve themselves to be. Let them therefore, if I be thought worthy of any favour, leave your Country with your good wishes and a blessing. I am confident they will be well bestowed. And I believe before it be long, you will be in their debt; and then it will not be hard to quit scores."

Usage

Archaic

Inflected Forms

quits scores (present, singular) quitting scores (participle, present) quitted scores (participle, past) quitted scores (past)

Synonyms

settle scores call it quits

Questions

What does quit scores mean?: To settle or balance accounts or differences; to make compensation.

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