settle+an+account

  • 11account — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 description ADJECTIVE ▪ brief, short ▪ blow by blow (informal), comprehensive, detailed, full, graphic ▪ …

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  • 12account — /ə kaυnt/ noun 1. a record of financial transactions over a period of time, such as money paid, received, borrowed or owed ● Please send me your account or a detailed or an itemized account. 2. (in a shop) an arrangement which a customer has to… …

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  • 13account — /ə kaυnt/ noun 1. a record of financial transactions over a period of time, such as money paid, received, borrowed or owed ● Please send me your account or a detailed or an itemised account. 2. (in a shop) an arrangement which a customer has to… …

    Dictionary of banking and finance

  • 14settle 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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  • 15account — ac|count1 W1S2 [əˈkaunt] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(description)¦ 2¦(at a bank)¦ 3 take account of something 4 on account of something 5 accounts 6 on account 7¦(with a shop/company)¦ 8¦(bill)¦ 9¦(arrangement to sell goods)¦ …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 16account — 1 noun 1 DESCRIPTION (C) a) a written or spoken description which gives details of an event: There were several different accounts of the story in the newspapers. | give an account: David gave us a vivid account of his trip to Rio. | blow by blow …

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  • 17settle — A word of equivocal meaning; meaning different things in different connections, and the particular sense in which it is used may be explained by the context or the circumstances. Accordingly, the term may be employed as meaning to agree, to… …

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  • 18settle — / setl/ verb ♦ to settle an account to pay what is owed …

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  • 19settle — / set(ə)l/ verb 1. ♦ to settle an account to pay what is owed 2. to place a property in trust …

    Dictionary of banking and finance

  • 20settle — set‧tle [ˈsetl] verb 1. [intransitive, transitive] to end an argument by agreeing to do something: • The two companies signed a pact that settled the patent suit. • Before the second phase of the trial, the companysettled out of court (= ended… …

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