settles

Verb

settle (third-person singular simple present settles, present participle settling, simple past and past participle settled)

1. (transitive) To determine (something which was exposed to doubt or question); to resolve conclusively; to set or fix (a time, an order of succession, etc).
   • His fears were settled

   Synonyms:

   seal

2. (transitive) To conclude, to cause (a dispute) to finish.
   • to settle a quarrel

   Synonyms:

   dispose, dispose of

3. (transitive) In particular, to terminate (a lawsuit), usually out of court, by agreement of all parties.

   Synonyms:

   dispose, dispose of

4. (transitive) To close, liquidate or balance (an account) by payment, sometimes of less than is owed or due.
   • The coffee was only surface wet and looked worse than it actually was and as he returned to the Reception Desk to settle his account and give back his room key, he was met again by the young man who was still wearing his rucksack.2012, Paul Kelly, Willie Blair: A Tale of True Loss and Sadness, →ISBN

   Synonyms:

   discharge

5. (colloquial, transitive) To pay (a bill or debt).
6. (intransitive) To adjust differences or accounts; to come to an agreement on matters in dispute.
   • He has settled with his creditors.

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