Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

settle one's account

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.05 in modern English

Syllables: set-tle one's ac-count
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

17

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To return what one owes; to make good on one's debts; to pay back.

Example Sentences

"Their conversations had become more fearful, even superstitious in the past month. They called her a ghost, or a demon, or a monster. She once found one of them crying in the graveyard after midnight, praying in Latin, begging forgiveness, and she gave it to him after putting the scissor blade through his aorta. She didn't see any point in being petty. They were all going to die, and that would settle their accounts with her."

Inflected Forms

settles one's account (present, singular) settling one's account (participle, present) settled one's account (participle, past) settled one's account (past)

Questions

What does settle one's account mean?: To return what one owes; to make good on one's debts; to pay back.

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