quits
7.4
Even after one person pays the other so no one owes anything
- adjective
- /kwɪts/
- UK
:
salda
- Once he repaid his friend, he felt they were quits and could move on.
Examples
-
With the loan paid off, they were now quits and had no more obligations.
-
After settling the final bill, we are finally quits with each other.
-
I think both of us are quit now, but there was that sense of, well, who are you to tell me not to do something when you're doing it yourself?
Surface Forms
quits positive
Etymology
The word quits is related to the common word quit and comes from an old idea of being 'free' or 'released' after a payment. So, when two people are quits, each is 'free' from debt and there is no more owing between them.
