settle up
Pay what's owed
Settle up means to pay what is owed, especially to conclude a debt or split expenses: Let me settle up with the waiter.
The phrase implies finalizing accounts—clearing the balance so nothing remains outstanding.
It often appears when dividing costs among a group or paying a tab at the end of an evening.
- pay offDischarge a debt
- payWages for work
- reimburseReturn money owed
- quitsVoluntarily stops or departs
- even stevenExactly equal, colloquially
cough up · square · foot the bill · pay the piper · payment · balance the books · pony up · make good · make it right · ante up · fork over · shell out · debt · recompense · invoice · receipt · resolve · repay
- bill splittingeven split, tab, check, subtotal, separate checks
- payingpay, payment plan, pay up, pay out, pay off
- retributionretribution, revenge, payback, vengeance, retaliation
- spendingspending, shopping, purchases, expenses, bills
- fixesfix, repair, mend, correction, correct
- payoutspayout, disbursement, dividend, cash prize, reimbursement
settle, settled, settlement, settling, settler, unsettled, unsettling, unsettle, settles