settling up
Paying what's owed
Settling up is resolving outstanding accounts or debts, especially at the end of a transaction or relationship.
Friends settle up after one pays for dinner: Let me Venmo you—we should settle up from last night.
Gamblers settle up when bets come due.
The phrase implies finalizing what's owed so both parties are square.
- repayReturn money owed
- pay upSettle a debt
- billAmount owed, written
- accountsRecords of transactions
- oweHave unpaid obligations
balance · change · quits · even · even steven · closure · close out · reconcile · check · payment · final payment · debt · clearance · cash out · square · handshake · transaction · finalize
- Splitting costseven split, fair share, expense tracker, equal shares, pro rata
- transactionspayment, purchase, deposit, transfer, money transfer
- finishingcompleting, finalizing, finishing, done, concluded
- informal creditIOU, tab, marker, chit, bar tab
payment completion
settling upstiffing
Failing to pay due
welching · defaulting · reneging · dine and dash · bilking
settle, settling, settled, settles, settler, settlers, settlement, settlements